Casablanca January 8, 2007 Monday Even accounting for our late start (we were very reluctant to give up our comfortable, WARM Rabat hotel and the reliable Restaurant Mixed Grill) we made it to Casablanca shortly after 1pm. Casablanca, the largest city in Morocco, is a huge shipping hub and not too much more. Most of the locals we met when we arrived in Morocco advised that we not spend much or any time here, but the magic conjured up by the city’s name, an exotic face conjured mostly by the film, and the relative ease of stopping off the train as we made our way south to the more popular spots, placed it squarely on our itinerary. Entering Casablanca from the rails we were impressed with the sprawl of the city. As we’d been warned, the
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