Essaouira

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…

Marrakesh

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,…

Romania

Colours of Sighisoara

Sighisoara in Romania is a very pretty town, listed in the World Heritage of Unisco. The model of Dracula, Vlad the third was born here. The yellow house near the clock tower…

England

Indoor Antique Market

Our friends took us to an indoor antique market in London. It is called Alfie Antique Market. Mr. Bennie Gray opened this in 1976 and about 100 antique dealers are trading here….

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Osaka castle

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. One of the most important touristic attraction in the city of Osaka is its castle. It was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the three people who...
shopping
Shopping

Emerald in Bogotà

Some days before we left for Colombia, I was at an antique complex in London and a vendor told me “This emerald is from Colombia. The emeralds of Colombia is the best in the world“....
airlines
Airlines

Lufthansa Airlines

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (or simply Lufthansa) is the flag carrier of Germany and one of the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried and fleet size. Lufthansa was founded in 1926 in Berlin (the name was...
food
Food

Italian in Vietnam

On the day we enjoyed Lantern Festival in Hoi An in Vietnam, we went to an Italian restaurant called Good Morning Vietnam. I felt a bit cheating to eat Italian foods in...
hotels
Hotels

This never happened before

For our Cyprus holiday, we booked the flight and the hotel through online travel agency. When we arrived at the hotel in Paphos, nobody was at the reception, so we called out...
food
Restaurants

Dishes from Ottoman Turkey

We went to a restaurant which was introduced by a friend who goes there often for work. The famous Turkish foods are kebabs and pide (Turkish pizza) and we often ate them during...
food
Food

At an Enoteca

It continued raining even after we arrived in Alghero in Sardinia in Italy and it was really pouring when we got off the bus from Bosa. First, we had to find...
transports
Transports

fly to Italy during the pandemic

At the end of August this year, we were originally planning to go to Japan. But Japan has been virtually adopting a national isolation, so our flight was cancelled. Instead, we decided...