Arrived in Casablanca
November 19th, 2005I arrived in Casablanca on Friday. Royal Air Maroc gives great service. When I left the ladies room in Mohammed V Airport, I reeked of smoke. The people are chain smokers here. It’s a good thing they are not allowed to smoke on the plane!
The 1940s movie classic ‘Casablanca’ with Humprey Bogart was filmed here. One of my goals was to see the newly refurbished Rick’s Bar where many scenes were filmed. They say this bar/restaurant is very popular with the tourists.
I stayed at Hotel Azur. It was nice and comfortable though not a four or five star. But since it was free, courtesy of Royal Air Maroc, it was fine with me. The transport to and from the hotel plus lunch were also free. Can’t beat that!
I found a driver named Moustapha who gave a great 2 hour tour. It included the neighborhood of the Morrocan ‘mafia’ juxtaposed to the very poor neighbor neighborhood in Medina.
Lala