Saturday August 11 - back to the usa...

It is barely Saturday when the alarm goes off at 3am. I am awake for some reason and we manage to finish packing, shower, have a bit of breakfast (we feel sorry for the poor man who had to bring it to the room at 330am). Our ride is prompt at 415am, and it is a short trip to the airport. As Mark predicted the airport is pretty shut down – all of the parking lots are closed off and so the driver has to leave us at the street. By some miracle he pulls out a luggage cart – thank goodness considering what our bags weigh. We make it over to the door only to be told we need to go to Terminal One. Pleased to have one more chance for an Urban Trek we walk back through the empty parking lot, down a long road of construction and around to the doorway for Terminal One. This is where the action is – lots of people pushing and maneuvering to get into the best position in line. As soon as it settles another counter opens and everyone in the back of the line charges to be first in the new line. The lines never moves and it just takes a long time to finally check in. We finally make it to the gate (where we can’t buy water because they won’t take USD and we have no dirhams left), then onto the plane and fast asleep in our seats.

We are currently sitting in the beloved Casablanca Airport where we have a 4 hour layover…. Guess its time for some very expensive chips...