Morocco - Casablanca

Finally i have time to publish this piece, about Casablanca - The arty and the economic capital of Morocco is a bit dissapointing. We arrived to the city at 5am after a night bus journey, which was quite a stinky experience. Our hotel was very nice and located in the medina, and though we arrived at 5am, they checked us in and gave us a room. Medina is once again - a huge Market, but we walked almost all over the city. The city has it's huge streets and interesting arcitecture in French and Spanish styles, but the crowds are still medieval.
The most impressive and probably the only thing to see in Casa is the new Hasan Due mosque. It is enourmous and probably the only mosque which is open for tourists. The decorations are good and very classic, this is why it's hard to believe that the structure was built only ten years ago.
Funny conversation we had with one of the locals, he was saying that all the achevements in the country are due to foreighners and the locals did not accomplish much and that Marrocans still need to learn and develop.
Two streets away from our hotel we found a very nice restaurant. Restaurant is a big word for a place which is run by a family from their house and has two tables and four chairs. One evening we tried a tasty Harira, the local famous soup, and on the second day we had a delicious home made cuscus with vegetables and chicken. From strange experiences; I tried the cooked snails, which were sold on a trolley and was brave enough to try the soup, which is the watter in which the snails were prepared. We also had fried sardins in a strange looking restaurant, just at the entrance to the port. The stommack is still fine :)
To summarize, Casa is much dirty and still a third world city. After two days in the city, we took a train to Fez. The train was overcrouded but we managed to have a seat and met a nice jewish couple from Australia.