Casablanca aka Dar el baeda aka Casa

I arrived in Casablanca last night. I am having an AMAZING time so far. Simply AMAZING!!

Its funny how differently you look at a city when you are thinking about living in it for a while. You find yourself paying attention to completely different things.. like where you will be hanging out regularly once you are here, where you can buy lightbulbs, how parking works, etc.

I already found my favorite cafe in the whole city and I am sure that i will be spending a LOT of time here next year. It's called ChillOut cafe and comes complete with free wireless internet access (hence, this posting is brought to you courtesy of ChillOut Cafe.)

Saturday I am speaking at a conference here which is being organized by the Moroccan Fulbright Alumni Association. The conference title is " Turning Brain Drain into Brain Gain for Morocco." The conference will be attended by several top Government Ministers, the US Ambassador, and a lot of other very important people. Thank goodness for AIESEC and all those last-minute presentation skills I learned!!