Casablanca

I suppose I should say a little about the good parts of the trip after I got out all my ranting.
On Friday, after class we took the train to Casablanca. Of course, just as we arrive there is crazy rain. I know that the hotel we're going to is close enough to walk to, but we can't decide whether or not to take a taxi or not. It stops raining and we end up walking to the hotel. It's the cheapest recommended hotel in my guide book, but its not too bad other than that the toliets are in the hallway and there isn't always toliet paper, but for 7 dollars a person, I really can't complain.
After that we wandered the city some, it is a lot like NYC in that there are people everywhere and lots of shops and more tourism. The medina has a totally different feel than the one in Rabat, and the whole place seems to cater to a richer crowd. After we had stopped at a cafe, we go home to the hotel to change to go out to dinner and a club. We go to Ain Daib, a suburb of Casablanca by the beach although at this time of year its not that beachy and it was raining and... needless to say we stayed inside as much as possible, going to a restaraunt with an awesome atmosphere but pricey and not the greatest food and then to a club that we just ended up happening upon (after not going to one that was really expensive... here the girls got in free and got a free drink). It had "house" music, which is a bit like techno and not that great, but it was fun anyway. Since we were a big group of 10 ( although only 2 of them are boys) it was just fun to dance with the group. Its strange, for how "forward" guys are in the street, they really aren't at all in clubs, in fact, if any girl in our group wanted to dance with a boy she usually had to approach him. I even had a guy ask me to dance with his brother (I pretended I didn't know French and they went away). Strange.
The next day we woke up and went to a cafe for a 2.50 dollar breakfast that included bread, eggs, fresh orange juice, and tea/coffee. After that we walked through the medina (which as I said before was not as nice as Rabat's) and went to the Hassan the II Mosque, which is gorgeous. Its the second biggest Mosque in the world and although we didn't get to go inside (we missed the tour) it was amazing from the outside.
Then we took the train home and I had my issues with the conductor.