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…
Fez
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,…
It was supposed to be a chaotic town, but…
We arrived in Fez, one of Morocco‘s major cities. First, we drove through the new city, which seemed like a very orderly metropolis. Here too, we stayed in a riad located in the…
Olive oil factory tour
While staying in Agios Nikolaos in eastern Crete, Greece, we also joined a tour to visit inland villages. It was the same Astra Tours tour as the one to Vai Palm Beach a…
Learning about the Knights of St. John at the old town of Rhodes Town
On the morning of the next day, we visited main places in the historical old town in Rhodes Town in Rhodes, Greece. It just so happened that this weekend was “Tourist Day”,…
What is ‘The Real Mary King’s Close’?
In our Edinburgh‘s guidebook, “The Real Mary King’s Close” is recommended as the next thing to see after the Edinburgh Castle. I didn’t know exactly what it was after reading it, so to…
Meditate in a Zen garden
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in Kansai area I had the opportunity to visit the temple Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, which has one of the most important Zen gardens in...
Ryokan with Sunset and Murakami Kibori Tsuishu
We stayed at the seaside Ryokan (a Japanese style hotel) called ‘Taikanso Senami no Yu’ in Murakami in the Niigata Prefecture in Japan. According to the information on the internet, the hot spring...
British Airways
British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. According to the company’s official web site, on 25 August 1919, British...
Queue to eat big bowl of seafood
The small restaurants in Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo opens at around 4 am and closes at 1 pm.It must have been only for the workers of the market, but now they are for...
To spend the year-end and New Year holidays
We spent the year-end and New Year holidays in Portugal. We are much more free than last year when we couldn’t go anywhere because of the Covid-19 crisis. This is thanks to the...
seafood and shopping
After the very long walk from the Rock in Gibraltar down to the town, we got really tired and really hungry. Because we were at the seaside, we wanted to eat seafood...
Pink Tank, the nuclear shelter and the sausages
After visiting the castle in Brno in Czech Republic, we went to see the Pink Tank located in Komenskiy Square. This was introduced during the walking tour, too. This tank was moved from Prague for...
boat trip from Yangshuo
On the second day in Yangshuo in China, my bottom was hurting so much that I could not sit on a chair easily and that was because of our tough cycling the...
