Best Western Hotel Toubkal Casablanca

... was a fab place to celebrate as by day we wandered the Jewish Quarter where yet another area of city life unfolded and by night we went to the fun and food of the fairground.

From an anxious and at times unaccomodating mob the Muslims that we have met have become far more friendly and fun after fasting, making Morroco more interesting than it already was!

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... then got on the plane, flew to Morocco, checked in to the hotel, went to bed, went on a city tour 4 hours later and not until the next afternoon when I tried to work on a paper did I realize that my computer was NOT in my bag.  Sooooo, I used my best Spanish (which is ****) to talk to Lost and Found at Barcelona airport and found out that they do indeed have it.  My professor helped me out to determine that no, they would not send it to Marrakech airport on the next flight and yes, I ...

... And it was only a few muinutes walk from our hotel. Checked in, then dropped our bags in the room and headed out again to get something to eat. Stopped at KFC, then did a quick walk around the markets and headed back to the hotel for a shower, rest and to watch TV. Went out later for dinner (ate again at the same cafe as last time) then back again to hotel and bed.

... walked through Parc de la Ligue Arabe where I was accosted by a gypsy girl who kissed my sleeve - yuck!  So to make up for it, I bought some more french pastries.  Will miss that part of Morocco.   We found the Hotel Lincoln on Mohammed V Boulevard, but it was in a terrible state and half hidden due to reconstruction. We walked back to our hotel in a sandstorm, which ...

... of someone that lived here. jessica if you are reading this, thank you again! i just had some gelato so now i am in search of toothbrush and toothpaste cfor the night. i guess i should get some bottled wter as well. tomorrow i will be visiting one of the mosques. one of the other intrepid tour people said that the hamman was also a good way to kill 2 hours and i guess to get clean as well! more tomorrow..........

... people have blended together over time (although there are still some pure Berbers in the mountains), and only now is there a move to attempt to retain the Berber language, history and customs for posterity. Morocco thus has a very Middle Eastern flavour, tempered, however, by both Spanish and French influences, with the return of Muslims from Andalucía in the 15th Century as a result of the Reconquest of ...

... on the head and bites his arms as well as me and the other nurses. He is not able to chew and requires a special breakfast that I learned how to prepare today and feed to him. Yesterday was a public holiday here in Morocco so we had the day off work. Yay! Eleanor, Sevie, Anna, Ozlem and I went to Casablanca for the day. I was so proud at how well we did navigating ourselves around. We took a taxi to the train station, bought our tickets, spent an hour on the ...

... some critters had more of a night life than we did. Of course, we loved the camels! But, Jaz loved them best of all!

... cactus silk scarves (red of marakesh of course). Saturday was our final day... and we opted to add on a trip out to the village where our tour guide was born, passing Ric************s marocan hang-out along the way. The Imlil market was an eye-opener... twisting necks of chickens to break them, people walking about with great whopping chunks of animals over their shoulder (did i really have to shake his hand?!), bizzarely a tupperware style section, and my ...