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Casablanca Morocco downtown…

…where we had a long walk on Sunday…I took tons of pictures, here are a few of them… Boys playing football… Newspapers, books, pens… and a helpful young boy who helped my husband to find a lock to our door… These are cool! right? At the moment no customers but there are many public telephones

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back in time…

…they use still cheques in Morocco. I was surprised to hear that ‘normal’ bank account is called ‘cheque account’.They don’t have online banking here like they had in Egypt (HSBC) or in Finland all the banks do.You can NOT pay bills online like we’re used to in Finland. You can see only your saldos online,

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hints and pets…

…is your floor made of stone? There are different sizes,shapes and colors of felt pads-  easy and cheap way to protect your floors from scratching  and  your neighbors from the noise when you drag your furniture… * Do you have a dog? Please train it so that it’s not barking all day long when you

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back to basics…

…in Blogger – able to upload pictures again and in our new home… Our washing machine’s water pipe/hose was just hanging there freely… until my husband fixed it… this I’ve cleaned already… these we found from the filter… Last night there was a party downstairs. At 2 am they started to play music and sing…

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BLOGitse's Appartement Coming Soon > BACS part 1.

I have always this notebook with me. Writing, drawing > visualizing helps me to remember… Our photographs for the residences has been in the company’s HR department over one month. Yesterday we heard our photos are too big!  They are normal EU size but here they want  2,5cm x 2,5cm photos – over one month

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I need a break…

…because our home hunting takes all my time and energy right now  (today the owner raised the rent,  had a meeting,  promised to call back when suitable time to visit… no call…) I don’t know when I’ll be back… at this very moment I miss my life in Cairo, Egypt…

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where to eat…

…in Casablanca, Morocco… One of our favorite restaurants in Casa is  District  near our hotel. Nordin smiling… we sit at that first corner table…come and say Hi! if you see me there! 🙂 Hassan and YounessThese guys make you feel welcome! Hassan, Youness and Simo Simo knows how to make tiramisus…yummy! In this restaurant you

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Khadija Chamrouk 9 years…

…needs our help! I saw this poster in our hotel lobby My regular readers know that I’m trying to learn French. Sauver > save  une vie > a life but whose life and why? I spoke with Dr. Hasnaa Azmi and treasurer Tazi Samir from Amicale… This translation is by google from the original French

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after hell…

…this is paradise!  Back in the hotel… what’s wrong – the Twin Center – those buildings are not standing straight? or the horizon is too straight? oh, yes! I’m going to relax for an hour or two… Our sun is strong and I’m not going to burn myself… How’s your life?

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undercover in the red-light district of Casablanca…

I googled information about this street…Lalla means Miss. Of course I wanted to know who is Lalla Yacout… I went down to the hotel reception to ask if they know – of course they didn’t. They know the name of the street but that’s it. I wanted to know. I googled more. I found almost

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