Cassablanca...day 2

We arrived yesterday, but late, so technically, this is our second day here. First impression of Casablanca...meh. With a population of 3.5 million, it's a big city...but the buildings look like 1950's/1960's low cost housing that hasn't been maintained.I guess I expected something older, more nostagic...nope. Ya, ya...I know it's not like Humphrey Bogart is around the corner, but Casablanca is like a 3rd world version of Cleveland. I've only taken 2 photos here, that's how dismal this place is...first, the sunset on our first day, through the dirty window...

...more on the hotel later. This is just the kind of grumpy old lady you see pretty much everywhere...women aren't respected here.

You have to be careful photographing people here, especially women...they don't like it! Anyway, back to the hotel...we checked in, went up to our room, washed our hands, but the drain plug in the sink was broken. They said they would fix it, but put us in the same room, one floor up! There was a big hole in the wall above the drapes, so they gave us another room, 3 floors down...that was even worse. We asked that they give us back the first room, but fix the sink...they did, but we have to drain the sink from UNDER the sink! At this point it was time for food, so we asked the front desk to recommend something around the hotel...they said the Ibis Hotel next door. We went to the sports bar...we surmised that they order in the food...it showed up an hour later, cold and stale! (chicken club sandwich, and a cheeseburger) So, how do I like Casablanca so far?