Nov 17 - Flying to Casablanca

Our flight from the Canary Islands didn’t leave until late afternoon and we were fortunate to get a very late checkout.  So we had a leisurely breakfast and spent the morning packing and working on more photos (sometimes it feels like we are in a rut with packing and photos).

The sky looks a bit overcast and gloomy so we didn't go for much of a walk at lunchtime, just out for a bite to eat.  

We were picked up about 3:30 and headed out for the airport and on to Morocco.  Upon arrival we found out that our flight was delayed about a half hour…not a big deal.  And in about a half an hour they ran us through a passport check and a boarding pass check and sent us downstairs to the lounge…where we waited about 15+ minutes for the bus that would take us to the plane…not a big deal.

After boarding they announced that we were delayed by another hour…beginning to be a big deal.  There was a young couple with two very young children who had been on the road for a large number of hours and were concerned about missing their connecting flight to Gambia.  He is in the marines and is stationed at the embassy there. 

After FINALLY taking off things weren’t too bad except that their littlest one had had enough and had a meltdown.  Oh well.

We finally got to Casablanca, went through passport control again and picked up our luggage.  Fortunately, our transfer was waiting for us just outside of luggage claim.  Unfortunately, we are going to Rabat tonight so we had an hour plus drive.  We didn’t get to our hotel and into bed until 2:00 am.  Exhausted.

However, the Riad we are staying in is beautiful and we have a two story room…sitting room downstairs and bedroom and gigantic bathroom on the second floor.