More Markets, then a cancelled flight
Trip Start
Feb 07, 2009
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Trip End
Mar 19, 2009
Casablanca,
Morocco
Monday, March 16, 2009
Went a different way and found local markets with mostly fruit and veges, then went back to the co-op again. Everything there was quite expensive so we decided to look through the markets again. After the great markets of Fes, Essaouira and Marrakech, these ones were quite disappointing but we both decided we'd like to buy a silver teapot (to make mint tea at home!) We saw one at a shop near the entrance but kept walking looking at others. Decided that we needed to eat and rest so we walked up to the same cafe again and had a wonderful lunch - shared a salad and the same seafood pasta that Mike had last night, then a fruit salad and crème caramel for dessert, all for the ridiculously cheap price of 84dhs. We sat there for about 1.5-2 hours, then walked back and used the Internet, before heading over to the markets to buy the teapot and a mirror.
We picked up our luggage from the hotel and walked the short distance to the train station. Bought our tickets, found our train and climbed on, then had to wait nearly 30 mins for it to leave. We only had to go 1 stop and then change trains to get on the airport train. Only a few stops (about 40 mins) and we arrived at the airport. Finally found the corerect terminal (after going up and down escalators a few times), had a coffee, then sat and waited until we were able to check in.
We watched as our flight moved up the board, then suddenly went to Open, then Closed in a matter of minutes. We raced over to the counters to be told the flight had been cancelled and to see the EgyptAir rep at his counter. So off we went, waited there with a few more irate passengers and were told we would be put on a flight the following day and would be staying at the airport hotel overnight. Mike made a call to Helene to let her know about the change of flight. Just a minor inconvenience for us - luckily we have time to spare before our flight back home to Australia. We were talking to an Egyptian businessman who was trying to get to Algeria for meetings, and a family with 3 small children, and a group of Moroccans travelling to Mecca. By the time we were picked up in the hotel's buses and got to the hotel it was 10:30, they organised a quick dinner for us and we were in bed about 12.
