"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world she walks into mine."
January 18th 2009 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 m
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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more 
