An astonishing number of boats
We arrived in Essaouira, a port town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. We parted ways with our driver, Youssuf, just before reaching the port, and went for a stroll. On this New…
Essaouira
Argan oil and goats
In Marrakesh, Morocco, where the calendar is different, we celebrated the New Year without any festivities. Like the locals, we calmly checked out of our riad. We loaded our luggage into the car…
A modest New Year’s Eve
We returned to Marrakesh, Morocco. It happened to be New Year’s Eve. Since Morocco has a different calendar, there were no local events, but we wanted to do something memorable. On a whim,…
Concert
We went to a classical concert held in Barbican Centre in east London. When we had a lovely cultural holiday in Dresden in Germany this summer, I thought we should have more…
Train with no drivers
This is Dockland Light Railway (DLR) which runs in east London. They run without any drivers, just like Yurikamome in Tokyo. I had a look and found that DLR comercially started in 1987 and…
Goya Museum and the second Tapas in Zaragoza.
The second place we visited in Zaragoza in Spain was Goya Museum. Francesco Goya, the great Spanish painter was born near Zaragoza. So he is special for people in Zaragoza and there is…
Mount Konpira
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Before leaving the town of Kotohira, our aim was climbing up the mount Konpira and visiting the temple located on the peak. The path was quite difficult...
Coral in Sardinia
When we were walking in the streets of the old town of Alghero in Sardinia in Italy, we noticed that many shops were selling coral jewellery. According to our guidebook and our research on the...
American Airlines
On the morning of April 15, 1926, a young aviator named Charles A. Lindbergh stowed a bag of mail in his little DH-4 biplane and took off from Chicago for St. Louis. Later that day,...
Very satisfied
The best bit of the Naxos tour was the Mikri Vigla beach and the lunch afterwards. The sand on the beach was soft and comfortable and the water was sparkling like some...
Staying in a hotel in the city
The second night in Kanazawa, we stayed in a hotel called Kanazawa Hakuchouro. The room is western, but they have Japanese style hot spring baths and the atmosphere of the hall and the...
dishes of Rome
We got up very early again, this time to go to Rome. This was the first time I had been to Fiumicino Airport in Rome in 35 years, though we went through there for transit...
Reindeer
It is enjoyable to eat local foods when you are travelling.Here in Stockholm, I found reindeer meat in the menu of a restaurant in the old town.Of course I chose that.To be honest...
What is Falkirk Wheel?
The last day we spent with our friends who came during our stay in Edinburgh, we went to Falkirk, about 37.5 kilometers northwest of Edinburgh. The aim was not the town itself, but...
