Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Day 2- March 3- La Corniche in Casablanca

El Malecon, La Corniche, The Waterfront, The Boardwalk, it is a place to sit and have coffee
watch people, breathe the ocean air, walk, play, swim, have ice cream.

 On the  hill overlooking the Corniche there are fabulous villas,  in one of them Churchill and Roosevelt met in 1943 and decided to send the troops to Normandy. The Nazis believed they were meeting in the White House in Washington when they  hear  they were meeting in  Casa Blanca. I did not take pictures because there were guards and I did not know if I was allowed to take pictures. It was a place with many guards due to being The King's Palace there, one of many  "second homes" that he has.



                                                  Casablanca Beach












                                    Do you see the island? There is a place for pilgrims to go and ask for
                                    miracles sick people go there and woman who can not have children.
                                    it is the Shrine of  a saint, Sidi Abderrahmen  


 Nice, very nice



I saw families and woman dressed very elegantly, very nice hotels, swimming pools
outdoor cafes and a very nice atmosphere.
                    I went back there at  night with Mohamed and his friend we had a lovely time, drinking tea and
                    having a conversation about Morocco, its future, its people
 It was so nice!
                  

This is the sign for the Saint's shrine

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