Left:- Gus at Rick's Cafe BarRight:- Sue with a friend (?) at the market
Above plaque outside Rick's Cafe, Casablanca.
We left Casablanca last night in very rough seas & are now heading down to Namibia. I wouldn't rush back to Casablanca - very dirty, loads of stray cats, street vendors selling all the same things & the most awful smelly exhaust fumes. Having said that, it's very interesting & different. We went on a very interesting city orientation where we visited a spice market, a very lavish city hall plus the Hassan 11 Mosque which was commissioned by its namesake, King Hassan 11. It's enormous accommodating 25 000 worshippers & a minaret 689 ft. tall. Fabulous chandeliers & marble pillars.
We had a fun lunch at Rick's Cafe yesterday (for "young" people reading this, Rick's Cafe is the mythical saloon from the 1942 film "Casablanca") It's owned by The Usual Suspects company (yes ... that's really the name of the company!) The inside of the restaurant is full of arches & balustrades & there are intricate antique brass floors & table lamps with metal shades strung with beads that give off dramatic lighting effects. On each table there are specially designed brass lamp with beaded shade. One of the faculty members here on board is a very well known jazz guitarist. He plays in the faculty lounge bar some evenings & arranged to play at Rick's Cafe yesterday - it was great fun.
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