Rabat To Casablanca And Last Two Dinners

We visited the kasbah to see the sunset from there, but we gave up since we got there too early. Here is the sunset a mile behind the kasbah from the previous night.

We headed back to the Weimar Cafe. We got there and snagged the last unreserved table. Whew! Any later, and we would have been waiting a long time. We got a Weimar salad and a Provençial pizza. They were so yummy. We also had big mugs of beer. Elena finished hers before I finished mine! How did that happen?

Here I am taking a bite of yummy pizza.

And here is one of the best pictures I ever took of Elena!

Then back for our last quiet night at the hotel.

The next morning we got a book for Elena to read since she finished everything I was reading. We also got a pastry--chicken pastilla for me and a croissant for her. With coffee of course. Then another lunch at Ghazza. Everything in Rabat was nice. We really like Rabat. But it was time for the train--so we headed to the station.

Elena and I took the train from Rabat to Casa Port. We went first class given the 20 dh difference between them and were happy we did. It was the nicest train car we've been in since arriving in Morocco. It was the first time we were in an open car rather than those horrible compartments. It was so pleasant. Sadly, it was only an hour. Also, there were actually announcements saying which stations we were at. For the first time along the whole route. Maybe it is only in first class. Morocco--specifically, the ONCF--needs to really fix the way one knows what station we're at.

We arrived near the Hotel Central--we just followed the water on our right until we found the youth hostel sign. Just about a 6 or 7 minute walk. The Hotel Central has nice rooms with shower/bathroom inside. Our room was over the square with the youth hostel and has a view of the port.

Finally we went to Rick's Cafe again where we got a 170 dh bottle of Domaine de Sahara Reservé. Elena got teriyaki chicken grillades for 75 dh with vegetables for 20 dh. I got the deluxe hamburger for 90 dh and potato salad for 20 dh. The chicken was yummy. The hamburger meat was good, but it came with a bun and nothing else. No ketchup. No mustard. No mayonnaise. No tomato. No lettuce. No onion. No pickles. There were fried onions in the ground beef and the patty was juicy, spicy and large. But I'm not sure where the "deluxe" comes from. It was still yummy.