Day 8 of the cruise -Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Casablanca, Morocco

The city made famous by the Humphrey Bogart movie of the same name. It is the largest city in Morocco. We were, I take that back, Dianne was able to negotiate with a taxi driver/tour guide to take us to the major sites for four hours. He wanted $200 dollars and Dianne got his to accept $120. And it was a beautiful, nearly new, Mercedes.

We were able to see a huge, beautiful mosque, a gorgeous Jewish temple, and two markets; one just for tourists and the last one where the locals shop. It was on about 25 acres and designed so you could easily get lost.

Dianne had the policy of completely ignoring the shop keepers that tried to get her into stalls to see carpets, clothing, jewelry, leather goods, tea sets, and more. They would say, “Come inside, it is free to look. We charge you nothing. Just look.”

The shuttle bus was one block from the last market, and we caught it 5 minutes before it left for the ship. Otherwise, we would’ve had to wait 30 minutes for the next one.