Casablanca! A city whose named I had been raised on by my grandfather and the indomitable Humphrey Bogart. I was finally going there. With so much build-up, I wonder if any outcome aside from disappointment was possible.
I always thought of Casablanca as being old; filled with men wearing fez and aging cars gliding down small streets alongside handcarts.
Actually Casablanca is one of the newest cities in the entire country, the streets are quite large, and I never saw a fez or a bar called “Rick’s.”
The city is nice enough, metropolitan enough, but ultimately it just felt like a city. The airport was nice, though.
I really wanted to ignore the fact that I had been to this city and the disappointment it wrought, but thought I ought to let you know what you were in for if you were under similar delusions. For a Casablanca experience that won’t disappoint, go rent the movie.
