Casablanca

January 2-3, 2019
001 - IMG_4542 January 2, 2019 Wednesday - Day 9 of our Morocco tour, Essaouira to Casablanca - driving distance approx 235 miles, 4 hrs 15 minutes...
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002 - IMG_4538 ... where are we now?
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003 - IMG_4537 1/2/19 11:36am
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004 - IMG_4554 1/2/19 noon - L'initiale Hotel-Restaurant in Oualidia...
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005 - IMG_4543 ... ooulala -- our seafood lunch on 1/2/19...
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005 - IMG_4544 ... OMG, this plate of lobster with fries as well...
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007 - IMG_4555 ... at this lovely restaurant by the Atlantic Ocean...
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008 - IMG_4546 ... let's go for a walk before nap time - 1/2/19 Oualidia, midpoint between Essaouira and Casablanca...
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009 - IMG_4548 1/2/19 Oualidia, midpoint between Essaouira and Casablanca...
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010 - IMG_4551 1/2/19 Oualidia, midpoint between Essaouira and Casablanca...
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011 - IMG_4552 ... Oualidia, a village in Morocco's Atlantic coast in the Casablanca-Settat region...
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012 - IMG_4553 ... such a lovely serene coastal community; yet another 2+ hours before arrival in Casablanca...
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013 - IMG_4556 January 2, 2019 5:37pm Casablanca - what's so interesting about this photo? Look closer... cranes on tree branches?
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014 - IMG_4559 Casablanca, principal port of Morocco, on the North African Atlantic seaboard...
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015 - P1160759 ... its splendid medina not far from the port, rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake making it the newest medina in the country, and the most original one...
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016 - IMG_4557 Mohammed V Square, a public square of historical and symbolic significance located in the city center; this large circular
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017 - P1160760 ... officially known as Mohammed V Square in honor of the former king of Morocco Mohammed V, the square is known popularly as
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018 - P1160762 ... used to be known by different names as Main Square, Square of France, Square of Victory, Administrative Square, and Marshal Lyautey Square...
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020 - P1160765 ... construction project of the Casablanca Grand Theater in progress at the time of our visit January 2019...
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021 - IMG_4562 ... Wilaya du Grand Casablanca, former City Hall, one of the buildings erected around the square in the 1920s and 1930s...
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