Walking through the souk
The medina of Fez, Morocco, is said to be one of the world’s largest labyrinthine old cities. The impression is that most of it is a souk (market). Although it is divided into…
Fez
A beige-coloured medina and a messy pottery shop
Our next stop on our Fez, Morocco sightseeing trip was a hilltop with a magnificent view. On this hilltop stood the Borj Nord fortress, built in the 16th century. At the time, Portugal…
Serious Hassan
Our second day in Fez, Morocco, was packed with sightseeing. At 10:00 AM, our local guide, Hassan, picked us up at our riad. Unlike our guide in Tangier, he was a humble, serious,…
“Trendsetter Since 1471”
The Albrechtsburg Castle in Meissen in Germany is apparently the oldest castle in the country. “Trendsetter since 1471” is the title of the leaflet I got there. They started building this castle…
Nice restaurant in the suburbs of mysterious Pomponesco
We went to Pomponesco in the north of Italy which belongs to the association of “The most beautiful villages in Italy”. In our experience, the villages of this association are really beautiful, including Asolo,…
Walk in Richmond
It was rare sunny Saturday. We went out to walk in Richmond, south west London. This is a rich town with up-market shops. It is quite nice atmosphere with the Thames river running…
Udon of Kagawa
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Kagawa prefecture in Japan is famous for its Udon (kind of noodles prepared with flour of wheat). According to my Japanese friend, Udon that you can find...
meeting Sani people in Shilin
As of April 2020, the COVID-19 is raging all over the world and we cannot even go out of our house, let alone travel. Therefore I decided to talk about my old travels. These happened...
Air India
Air India is India’s national flag carrier. Although air transport was born in India on February 18, 1911 when Henri Piquet, flying a Humber bi-plane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini Junction, some six miles...
Revisiting the cake shop in Sintra
We came down into the town from the Pena Palace on the outskirts of Sintra, Portugal. After all, we were hungry, so we didn’t look for anything and went straight to a bakery...
Stay overnight in a monastery
I stayed in a hotel which was a monastery in Italy, but this time we stayed in a monastery itself, St.Joakim Osogovski in Macedonia.I was prepared myself for a very simple basic room...
Clientele looked posh in this restaurant
We went to a restaurant called Al Conte Ugolino in Milan, not too far from the Duomo. It was founded in 1935. The interior was not so much different from others, but the customers...
Finnish Dish
We asked the hotel receptionist to recommend some Finnish restaurants in Helsinki, as it was just about lunch time when we arrived there. She said “Aino is good. They are not so...
All the way to
The main reason we stayed in Athens, Greece for 3 nights this time was to take a tour to the famous Meteora from here. We had read that there are many day tours...
