Monday, our stop was Casablanca, Morocco.
Our excursion todays was "The Imperial City of Rabat". Rabat is the capital of Morocco and was founded in the 12th century as a a fortified monastary. It was the administrative center under the French Protectorate. Morocco became independent in 1956 and Rabat was named the capital. Rabat is a Unesco World Heritage site. The city has over 560 acres of green space.
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| The city skyline and first light of sunrise under a shining Venus. |
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| The sun appeared between cranes of the cargo port |
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| Where we will dock. |
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| The Hussan II Mosque. It is the second largest mosques in Africa and the 14th largest in the world. The 689 ft (210 meter) minaret the tallest in the world. |
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| It was a 1 1/2 huor drive north of Casablanca |
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| The old city wall |
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| Many parks here |
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| The grounds of the imperial palace which is the home of the King Mohammed VI (since 1999). |
The Ahl Fas Mosque
The mosque is known as a place where the king gives the khotbah (sermon) during the Friday Prayer or Eid Prayers.
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| The Royal Palace |
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| We could walk to a point across the street from the palace |
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| Some of the many gurads here. Color of uniform denotes that type of guard they are. The red is the ceremonial guard. The King was not in residence. There would be more guards if he was here. He was another palace when not working. |
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| ^The white uniform is for the servents. |
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| Another mosque |
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| Art-deco architecture |
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| The Royal Theater Rabat |
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| Next we saw the Mausoleum of King Mohammad Vand his 2 sons |
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| The Ceremonial guard on duty here. |
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| The Hassan Tower |
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| The posts were from original roof support of a large old mosque here |
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| The current mosque here |
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| Entrance to the mausoleum |
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| Another guard on duty |
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| Headed back to our bus |
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| Walls of the old Kasbah (fortification) |
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| We walked through to a restaurant for refreshments |
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| Next to the Bou Regreg river. Across the river is the city of Sale |
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| Refreshment break. We had mint teas and Moroccan pasteries |
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| A tower of the old Kasbah |
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| Part of the old Royal gardens |
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| I have never seen a sign with do many Don't Does |
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| Headed back to the bus |
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| On the drive back to Casablanca and the ship. |
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| Near the Atlantic Ocean |
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| Back in Casablana. We made a stop at a market. |
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| Entrance to the Market |
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| Back to the ship |
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| Pigeons on the cargo containers in the port |
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| Sunset approaching. |
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| A tug ready to assist us leave the dock |
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| Hassan II Mosque in sunset light |
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| Many birds flying around. |
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| Sailing away |
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| Some green in a closeup of the last of the sun before it had set |
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