The next morning - flight to Casablanca! After arriving in the airport we had to fill in some paper with personal information, go through the passport check and we are in AFRICA! A bit of waiting for train, getting taxi to the hotel (5eur for approx. 5km seemed good price so we agreed) and let's go to explore the city! At first we wanted to find the tourist information but as we did not have the map we did not succeed but after getting the map TI was not necessary any more. The first impression - poor people, city stinks quite badly, people through trash wherever as there are no rubbish bins... well, not quite what we expected... We also went into the central market and wanted to buy some cheap Morocco fruits. Well, not cheap for tourists at all - for nectarines seller asks 2,2eur/kilo, so we buy just few to try out, tastes the same. When going back to the hotel, we notice some small bread shop with lots of different breads - very, very tasty... and arabic sweets as well... mmm.... :)Our hotel room is quite nice - there is a bed, some shelves, TV, bathroom and cleaning lady comes every day.
The 2nd day we decided to spend near the ocean. On the way - Mosque Hassan II (2nd biggest in the world). Do not want to repeat myself, so check draugiem for photos. ;)
Afterwards we took a taxi to the beach - the taxi driver is quite nice, shows us some things on the way and suggests to go to private instead of public beach as it is safer and cooler. But we want to explore the public beach as well! Very few people, ocean quite calm but water very cold, a bit cloudy... ok, lets go to the private beach! Tahiti seems the best choice - not many people, pool, completely blue sky - NICE! :) later on the waves got bigger and the view - more beautiful!
The 3rd day was planned for shopping and the beach, but as we both were very red after the first day, we decided to go just with the shopping. The market is huge - very many people trying to sell everything, not so many people willing to buy something, so they have time to pay attention to everyone. We got to know 3 arabic men - somehow they made us to go to their shop... afterwards it is really hard to get out without buying anything... after selecting some things that we really could buy, the price comes... 700 MAD (65eur) - WoW! A bit too much! But as we had no idea how much we should pay for it, the bargaining was really hard... We managed to get the price down, but still felt like we had overpaid... but that was not it - then we had to go to the shop which was owned by the son of one of them... that is where the Arabic prince got his shirt! During the process of selecting we enjoyed some tea (actually I enjoyed cause Kalvi was scared that there might be some pills in the tea, but there wasn't :p). Again the same story with bargaining - this time from 600 to 200, while as I later found out the normal price is 100! Some more similar stories, but in the end we are really tired of (mean) Arabic people who just want to squeeze everything out of us, so we feel like going back to the developed world - Barcelonaaa... :) but before going back we tried some more of their traditional food in the hotel restaurant and it tasted wonderful! Afterwards we had some small guest in the room - spider/lizard/other insect which spoilt the impression about the hotel a bit, but Hey, it is Africa! ;)
Overall it was very interesting experience - seeing how people live on that side of the world...
The last 2 days of the trip where again in Barcelona, but I hope Kalvi will write more about it cause I am already tired! :p
peace,
ilziii...
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Nice pictures! For tourists pricer are everywhere high! You had a nice trip!
The beautifulest and greatest construction in Casablanca is the mosque of Hassan II, the world's largest, which can be seen at great distance. Casablanca is the biggest city in Morocco and it is situated on the Atlantic, Casablanca has one of the largest artificial ports in the world. It is the major city in Morocco and the country's economic capital. I know that many people investing in Casablanca property, because country is developing and has stable economic.
And Casablanca is the leading city hosting headquarters and main industrial facilities for the leading Moroccan and international companies based in Morocco.
I really enjoyed reading. Very interesting. I also have been to Barcelona.
It's no wonder why Barcelona city is so popular. Fabulous architecture, brilliant Spanish cuisine, flamboyant culture and wonderful weather combine to make Barcelona a truly magnificent city. I liked that city has a very good infrastructure and nice service and also that many of Barcelona hotels situated in historical center or close to awesome beaches. Barcelona has a Mediterranean climate, with mild, humid winters and warm, dry summers.
It is really amazing and magic city, I like it very much.
You, guys are really lucky. You had a wonderful trip to this amazing and fascinating city. I always dreamed to visit Barcelona and I will maybe next summer. I read a lot of information and know that the works of Antoni Gaudi dominate the city of Barcelona. His masterpieces are visit card of Barcelona and whole Spain. He is really great architect.
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