<a href="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/casa_park_overview_1024.jpg"><img class="alignleft wp-image-224 size-thumbnail" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/casa_park_overview_1024-150x150.jpg" alt="Parc de la Ligue Arabe from above" width="150" height="150" /></a>Yes, this evening I finally managed to take my sportswear (representing my sports association <a title="www.tvobersiggenthal.ch - my sports association" href="http://www.tvobersiggenthal.ch" target="_blank">TV Obersiggenthal</a>!) and went for jogging! :-) I was a little bit skeptic about it, I didn’t know how a western guy in running outfit in the middle of this busy Moroccan city would be perceived. Also, I didn’t want to get lost, so I decided to head for the big park near the hotel (Parc de la Ligue Arabe) and do some laps there.

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-223" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/casa_park_inside_600.jpg" alt="Parc de la Ligue Arabe" width="600" height="193" />

<img class="alignright wp-image-222 size-medium" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/casa_jogging_768-225x300.jpg" alt="TV Obersiggenthal in Casablanca" width="225" height="300" />It turned out to be a nice experience. The park itself is well maintained, even though some playground installations from the sixties are locked away (at least it looked like). I saw couples walking hand-in-hand or sitting on a bench, young boys playing football, families with their dogs and old men playing <a title="Pétanque (Wikipedia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9tanque" target="_blank">Pétanque</a>. I was the only jogger, but I still didn’t feel like an alien from outer space. A young guy with Rasta hair smiled at me and gave a thumbs-up. Such gestures and a sound mix of <a title="Linkin Park (official website)" href="www.linkinpark.com" target="_blank">Linkin Park</a>, <a title="Sunrise Avenue (official website)" href="http://www.sunriseave.com" target="_blank">Sunrise Avenue</a>, <a title="Die Toten Hosen - official website" href="http://www.dietotenhosen.de" target="_blank">Toten Hosen</a> and <a title="QL (official website)" href="http://www.funpunk.ch" target="_blank">QL</a> in my ears gave an additional boost for my exercise. :-)
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