Chapter 1915 Chaotic Casa

Now the owner of the Hyatt Hotel has been replaced by Omer, a famous Moroccan tycoon.

The cafe still uses "Casa" as its sign to attract tenants and tourists. Any tourist can take photos here for free. If you are interested, you can spend 45 dirhams (about 5 US dollars) to relax. Sit here and enjoy a cup of authentic Moroccan coffee, which is romantic.

When visiting this cafe, you can always see couples in different clothes and skin colors cuddling up on the antique sofas and talking about love without any scruples, as if they are reliving the love story in the movie.

If you are interested, you can show off your talents in front of the piano without any restrictions. The waiter in the cafe said that there are many people coming here every day. In addition to ordinary tourists, there are also many world celebrities, such as former US President Carter, Boxing champion Ali, Prince of Saudi Arabia, and Gaddafi's son have all come here to taste coffee. In fact, the hotel's business is also good. The price of a double room reaches US$200 during the peak period. Except for Ramadan, it is basically full at ordinary times. If you don't book in advance, there is no room at all. Room.

Yang Cheng and the others were lucky enough to book a few rooms without using any special channels.

In fact, the glory of Casablanca is not only due to the films performed by the two superstars Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart, but what is truly recorded in history is that this romantic city also experienced the baptism of World War II. What happened here once changed the pattern of the world's anti-Japanese war.

In 1942, 120,000 British and American troops commanded by General Eisenhower successfully landed in North Africa and captured Casablanca in one fell swoop. Among them, the famous four-star American general General Patton commanded the Casablanca landing.

At dawn on November 8, 1942, General Patton stood in the Atlantic waters of Casa Port and personally directed the U.S. military’s landing battle. In just half a day, he defeated the French defenders and successfully landed.

At the beginning of the second year after the Allied forces successfully landed in North Africa, I don’t know if they were influenced by the movie "Casa". US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill also took a fancy to the small city of Casa and held secret talks in Casablanca. , the two unanimously decided at Stalin's strong request that the Allied forces hold the famous Normandy landing in northern France in June 1944, and formulated a landing plan here.

Therefore, it can be said that the most important decision that changed the pattern of the world's anti-Japanese war was born in Casablanca.

It's a pity that the US military left almost no monuments or anything like that. They left after the war. There are even no tombs of US military martyrs who died during the landing in Morocco because Americans are accustomed to the corpses of soldiers. No matter how far they are, they have to be transported back to the country. However, the British and French troops who participated in the war did not do this. Special cemeteries were built for them in Morocco.

Therefore, the only souvenirs of the US military landing that can be found in Casa are the remains of a US landing craft floating on the coast of Muhammadiyah and disappearing and sinking with the waves.

Even if I want to see the place where the landing battle took place, I can't find it.

But to be honest, even if he could find Yang Cheng, he would not want to go there. With the impression of coming to Egypt as a foreshadowing, the contrast that Casablanca brought to him was not that strong. After all, he had given a mental warning.

But Luo Yue's disappointment was palpable. She took the hotel's special car from the airport and on the way to the hotel, there was only one word to describe it - chaos.

The chaos of order is vividly reflected on this stretch of road. Do you dare to imagine that a mule rider appears in front of you while driving, and you see the big truck on the far left suddenly drifting?

This is not enough. The whole of Casablanca is full of construction sites, or they are building roads. There are no traffic lights and disorderly roads around the hotel, which makes people on the verge of collapse. Even if the driver is Andrew, this guy dares to drive a tank and drift in the city, like this Everyone was exhausted in Casablanca and was 'taught' by many experienced mule drivers.

It's okay that they drive their own car, but the others are driven by hotel drivers. They are not allowed to open the door after arriving at the hotel, and they have to give a tip before they open the door.

This is fucking robbery! But this is just the beginning of the bad impression!

The most devastating thing was that after meeting them, a local tour guide Yang Cheng found looked at them with very surprised eyes and asked, "Do you still believe the videos and pictures in the travel brochure?"

Yang Cheng asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

The tour guide shrugged, "Nothing, I can only say that this is a boring city with a beautiful name. Rick's Cafe is a post-artificial fake, with poor service attitude, expensive food and unpalatable food. Except for Hassan by the Sea The Second Mosque cannot even be listed as a decent attraction.

I really don’t know why you came. To be honest, this money makes me feel uneasy. By the way, I remind you that the biggest feature of Casablanca is not romance, but the endless thieves. I see that you all bring bodyguards?

This is good, at least the probability of encountering a thief is much lower, but don’t let your guard down, otherwise you will never find something if you lose it. "

Listen, is this what a tour guide should say? From his words, one can hear a strong sense of helplessness. Even the tour guide has no confidence in the city. What else can tourists expect?

Everyone looked at each other, except for Yang Yuanshan and Liu Muqian. They didn't come for tourism originally, but wanted to pay homage to an old friend and, if possible, meet the descendants of the old friend.

But for the remaining couples, this is a nightmare, but they have a car to ride when they go out, so they don't have to squeeze into public transportation. At least they can avoid the trouble of facing thieves who have been trained in France.

But now that we are here, it would be inappropriate not to go shopping. Yang Cheng and the others went to the cafe first. As I said before, it was actually not bad. Maybe $5 is nothing to them, but to ordinary tourists , how many cups of coffee can $5 buy? And it tastes much better than this.

But as the tour guide said, the artificial atmosphere is too strong. How can I describe it? It is a typical internet celebrity check-in place. You can come, take a photo and leave. There is no trace of emotion in it.

When you go out again, you will see a terrible state of decay. Various buildings imitating the French style and with huge arcades are filled with garbage paper, dense dust, broken glass and sewage flowing across them. It can be said that they are a meticulous imitation of the squalor of Paris. Got it all.

There are quite a few pairs of middle-aged people on the street drinking coffee and doing nothing. The lively square is surrounded by street stalls and hawkers selling goods along the street. However, none of this has anything to do with prosperity. A movie theater with a glass door None of them are gone, but there is still a poster of "Casablanca" stuck at the entrance of the hospital. This old movie from more than 70 years ago may be the only thing it can be proud of.

And this is just a microcosm of the square. You must know that this is Union Square in the center of Casablanca. It is a must-see place recommended by countless travel guides and is equivalent to the heart of Casablanca.

Casablanca's city hall, parliament, courts, post offices, banks and other core departments and institutions in the city are all built around this square.

However, it was such a look that people couldn't help but cover their foreheads after looking at it.

Yang Cheng and Luo Yue took a few photos as if they were doing some errands, and walked hand in hand towards the seaside. Normally, he would have asked Hansen and the others to step back dozens of meters, but here he did not dare. Not only did he let Hansen and the others move He surrounded himself with water, and from time to time, he stared at every pedestrian who looked at him with a pair of cold eyes. In his opinion, these people might be thieves.

Just now, a theft occurred less than ten meters in front of them. A thief opened the zipper of someone's backpack in front of tourists, and casually went in and took some. What, before leaving, I didn’t forget to smile at the tourists.

Oh my god, is this stealing? This is just a robbery!

When I was still a few hundred meters away from the seaside mosque, I was suddenly attracted by the aroma. I looked along the aroma and saw a narrow street with several pedestrians holding oil paper bags in their hands, which seemed to be emitting heat.

Yang Cheng hesitated for a moment and asked Hansen and the others to clear the way in front. He bravely walked in. As he walked, it became more and more open. Following the smell, he kept walking in and it became more and more open. It turned out that the end of the alley was in the open air. The flea market is filled with second-hand goods, all kinds of old clothes, large mattresses, and even second-hand underwear, with vendors selling snacks in the middle.

The smell came from somewhere. Yang Cheng went over and took a look. It should be fried fish fingers or something like that.

There was a pancake seller next to her. Luo Yue couldn't help but swallowed her saliva. Yang Cheng smiled and asked the tour guide to help weigh a few pancakes. The flour was mixed with chopped onions and green peppers, spices and cheese. The vegetables were super sweet. , such delicious vegetable cakes somewhat relieved their depression.

I also bought some fried fish fingers. The taste is different from the ones in the UK. The fish meat is very fresh and seems to have been marinated in juice. It has a refreshing fragrance in the mouth.

Compared to the chaotic streets, this snack is a breath of fresh air.

Feeling relieved, I walked towards the Hassan II Mosque again. This is also a must-see attraction in the guide. It is also the most eye-catching building in Casablanca. It is also the third largest mosque in the world and the most modern in the world. The highest mosque.

Construction started 30 years ago and cost more than 500 million US dollars to build. It covers an area of ​​9 hectares, one-third of which is built on the sea. This mosque was built to commemorate the 60th birthday of the former king and is the only one open to foreigners. mosque.

The muezzin can also take the elevator directly to the top of the minaret. The sound of chanting from here can be spread to every corner of the city. The huge square can accommodate 80,000 people worshiping at the same time.

When they came to the square, Luo Yue, who had been depressed, finally opened her smile. She was full of passion for great buildings, and her creative space design was majestic. The world's tallest minaret stood straight into the cloud-covered sky, as if it were a peaceful place. Faith and perseverance last forever, suppressing the violent Atlantic Ocean.

To be honest, after seeing the Hassan II Mosque, Yang Cheng finally believed that the legendary romance and fairy tales of Casablanca must be true!

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