Saturday morning, it finally happened. I went to Casablanca (aka. Casa). It is the biggest city in Morocco, 90km, 32dirhams (=3euro) and 1 hour from Rabat. I went there with my MC team for a team day - to spend some time together and have fun. The train was 30 minutes late. They are more often late than in Poland but generally train system is better here than in Poland (I'll desribe you Moroccan transportation in a separate post). After one hour we arrived in Gare de Casa Port (Casa Port station). After a 20 minutes walk we reached Hassan II mosque (to read more about 3rd sacral building in the world click here). It was really astonishing.
After this, we took cabs and went to Mc Donalds and then to a cafe where we had that amazing ice-creams They were delicious and they reminded me about ice-creams in Sztutowo (my home town). It was the first time that I found these taste in other place than Sztutowo. It was amazing. I was also surprised seeing those hotels almost on the beach. They had their private beaches and what was the most funny for me - swimming pools 2 meters from the concrete fence being constantly hit by the ocean waves!
Afterwards, everyone had to leave to Rabat but I didn't feel like going back home so I decided to stay and do so random sightseeing. I didn't mind staying on my own as sometimes it's nice to walk alone without convincing and negotiating which route to choose. After walking I felt a bit tired so I sat and then lay on the grass in a city park / garden. I fell a sleep for a few minutes even. I also met my friend in a cafe and we drank some water because it was really hot!
At 7pm, I took the train to Rabat. After I arrived I got to know that we were going to a French restaurant for a dinner. It was extremely nice to have discussions about US intervention in Iraq, social welfare and drink glasses of wine at the same time. Afterwards, we went to Cabane Bambou - a pub where we took part in Congolese night (Congo with capital in Brazzaville - an African state). We met there a few Moroccans who invited me to smoke shisha next day. They were really cool, funny, crazy and put a lot of efforts to teach me some Arabic words. I enjoyed it a lot. The next day - Sunday, as promised I went to meet my new friends again. We were supposed to meet at 8pm but it turned out to be 9pm eventually (Morrocan timing :). We went to Agdal (cool district in Rabat where I've had my MC meetings and French classes lately) to a restaurant with shishas. After this, someone spontanously suggested going to the beach. We did it and we had a really great time, lying on the sand, playing guitar, singing and smoking shisha. Me and people whom I had known for about 24 hours. Crazy but extremely cool! I was at home around... 6am :) I woke up at 11am to start working. I'm still figthing with accounting but I'm much further and I will finish tommorow.
To summarize everything, I must admit that those last days were really great. I feel that I both had a lot of rest and did some great job. If you look at the previous posts, you usually will have the feeling that I'm happy here. That's not always truth. I seem to be happy because I enjoy sightseeing, getting to know the country and experiencing all that entertainment. But some things make me sad or pissed off here. Today, I swear that I feel really happy ;)
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