It's hard to believe I've been in Morocco less than a week! My flight landed in Casablanca at 6:25 am local time and we were through Customs by 7:30. The Hassan II Mosque (pictures to come) is the first place we went before going to Rabat. It is the only mosque in Morocco that allows non-Muslims. It also has the biggest minaret in the world. It was our first experience with Moroccan traffic (anything goes and it seems that pedestrians never have the right-of-way) and our first experience with a medina, which is the usually the oldest part of town. The medina where we are staying in Rabat is a lot nicer than Casablanca's old medina! Hassan II was the second king of Morocco and the father of Mohammad VI, the current king. After seeing the mosque we had to walk several kilometers to the train station in the rain, but not before stopping to check out Rick's Cafe (it really exists, apparently)! So, Morocco is not a warm or particularly dry country so far. But once we got to the station is was very nice. The train system in Morocco is well established and is cheap to use. It cost us less than $5 to take the train to Rabat. We found a beautiful and much cleaner city than what we'd experienced in Casablanca.
Tomorrow (Thursday) we meet our homestay families! It promises to be the best opportunity so far for intimately getting to see how Moroccan society works. One adventure after another!! Stay tuned for pictures of Hassan II mosque next time I have internet access....
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