Blogs from Casablanca, Grand Casablanca, Morocco, Africa - page 8

DAY 2 - Paris to Casablanca We travelled from Paris to Casablanca on a 3 hour flight with Air France. Things went very smooth for us, a lengthy line up once we made it to Morocco customs was just our luck. We took a taxi from the airport and arrived safe and sound to our hotel 'Prince de Paris' it was pretty nice, clean but in the middle of the chaotic city of Casablanca. Once we got settled in, we went to the conference room and met our group and our tour guide. Her name is Anne, she is from Britain. We are a part of a pretty large group-43 of us, mostly British. We've befriended a brother and sister from Australia, Karen and Bernard. We had a buffet supper at the hotel. Enjoyed some wine ... read more

Shookran means thank you in Moroccan Arabic. There are a few different languages commonly spoken in Morocco; Arabic, Moroccan Arabic and 3 different types of Berber dialect. This is pretty intense for just one country. After 3 amazing weeks in Morocco, I got dropped off at the airport in Casablanca. There are only 2 terminals. I am dropped off at the wrong terminal. I started getting flustered as everything was in Arabic. Imagine waiting for the 6 train at 77th street at 8:30am. That is how crowded part of the airport was. I have been to airports that are so large you can take a 25 minute transfer and have been perfectly fine finding my way. This airport was super small - yet extremely confusing and unorganized. After checking in, I had to go through security ... read more

CASABLANCA... read more

26 February, 2010 We arrived back in Barcelona to a bright sunny day. We decided not to go on any excursions because we had heard via the news that there was to be a big storm coming through Barcelona and also Noel developed a head cold, so we just spent the day on the ship, moving from place to place as they disinfected the ship, due to all the new passengers coming on board. As it turned out, it was a perfect day, probably in the 70 degree area. (just think for a couple of hours we were almost the sole paying passengers, kinda nice) After the new hoards got on board, the ship was filled to capacity, we got underway at 7:00 pm, off to Casablanca. 27 February 2010 This was a day at sea, ... read more

Geo: 33.5756, -7.6178This morning we checked out of the hotel and left our bags there while we spent more time in the city. Lotta wanted to go and see the famous mosque, Carolina and I were more interested in walking around the city. We went our separate ways and agreed to meet later on at the hotel.... read more