Casablanca!

I had a wonderful dinner and tour in Casablanca with Angela Arigoni-Mesfioui (RMWC Class of '01) and her husband and daughter, along with a couple from the ship last night. We ate at a restaurant within walking distance of the port that is within the walls of the old medina.  Since it was the end of Ramadan, people were celebrating breaking the fast, and there was a huge buffet banquet under canopies outside the restaurant, with live Moroccan music. We sat on beanbag chairs around a low table. Delicious selection of bread, grains, fruit, hummus, and sausages.  The mint tea with jasmine was incredible...extremely sweet and fragrant!  After dinner, we took a walk through the old medina bazaar at night.  It was crowded, colorful, noisy...all of the things you would imagine a bazaar to be.  Angela also drove us around town, by the huge mosque, and along the beaches south of town. The area south of the mosque is much more modern, with clubs and restaurants. We got ice cream and listened to some Arabic music for awhile, and then returned to the ship by way of the city.  Driving in Casablanca is REALLY crazy...lanes are only a suggestion, and there are pedestrians and motorbikes everywhere. Angela was a pro, though, and got us back to the ship safely.