Celebrating the big 2-0 in Casablanca!

Thanks for the birthday wishes, friends! Today, to celebrate the big 2-0, my dad and I took a trip to Casablanca. We took the train from La Gare de Rabat-Ville, and went to Casablanca Port. It took just over an hour. Once we got there, we walked along the ocean, and had lunch at Rick's Café! This is where the movie Casablanca was filmed! It was very cool. Here are some pictures!

Rick's Cafe

Birthday cheesecake! The waiter said: "Juste pour vous, mademoiselle!" (Just for you, miss)

The decoration in Rick's Cafe 

After lunch we went to the famous Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca. It's the largest mosque in Morocco, and our tour guide told us that during Ramadan, they have over 105,000 worshippers come fill the mosque inside and out!

Once we finished that tour, we walked over to Place Mohamed, and across the street was a little square area, where there were a million pigeons! They kept flying in cool circles, but I felt like they were going to fly into my face. Here's a picture:

We finally finished off the trip and headed back on the train to Rabat and had dinner. Then it was back to the hotel! We had to do some packing, because tomorrow I'm going to the CCCL, and beginning orientation. I'll be taking all my stuff with me, and then moving in with my host family! I don't know how frequent internet will be after this, so bear with me if I'm MIA for a little bit! Papa Wang will also be leaving after this, so it'll just be me by myself! Hopefully I'll make some friends. Moroccan friends perhaps? We'll see. Good night!