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,…

Niagara

The Niagara Falls in the park

We joined the tour to see Niagara Falls from Toronto, Canada. We had booked this tour far in advance. One bus-full of tourists were taken to the falls and surrounding area by…

Denmark

Odense is a town of Andersen

Odense in Denmark is famous as a birthplace of Andersen. His birth house is now a museum and in the garden in front, they made a small theatre and showing some sketches from…

Tunisia

Enjoy shopping at souk

In Tunis, after arranging the tour from the next day, we enjoyed shopping in the souk. We know that how hard we tried to beat down, we are still overcharged, but still,…

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Miranda Friends

The small town of Kotohira

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. The first stop of my travel in Kagawa prefecture in Japan was Kotohira city. During day time this city is very busy because it is located on...
shopping
Shopping

walk in the morning and then shopping

The weather was very nice on the second day in Tavira in Portugal. Our hotel was on top of the hill, so we started to walking down, visiting Igreja de Santa Maria...
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Airlines

Swiss International Airlines

According to official we site, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) serves 69 destinations (winter schedule 2012/13) in 37 countries all over the world from its Zurich hub and the further Swiss international airports of Basel...
food
Food

Orange salad

At lunch time, I went into a restaurant, just next to the fish market in Catania, Sicily. Of course the fresh sea-foods were excellent, but for me the orange salad was amazing. This...
hotels
Hotels

Hotel in Como

The last destination of our autumn family holiday in Italy was Como. We stayed in the town for two nights. The name of the hotel was Hotel Metropole Suisse, which was just in...
food
Restaurants

At the table with the view

We made a reservation at a restaurant called L’Antica Fonte in Certaldo, a town in the Tuscany region of Italy. In the town of Certaldo, the new town is spread out on flat...
food
Food

Castiglione Olona and the Alpini

This winter in Northern Italy was full of rainy days, which made me gloomy. We had just moved from gloomy England to Italy, where everyone think it has bright sunshine. So, on occasional...
transports
Transports

Holiday during our holiday, first to Modica

During our two-week stay in Syracuse, Sicily, we travelled away for one night. In other words, it was a little extravagant, as we wasted the cost of one night’s accommodation on Airbnb, but...