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…
Essaouira
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,…
A disappointing excursion to the Ourika Valley
A trip to the Ourika Valley was included in our itinerary from Marrakesh, Morocco. The Ourika Valley is a resort area located a little over an hour’s drive south of Marrakech. It’s a…
The Murals in La Boca
I continue talking about the walking tour we had in La Boca in Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina. In a place a little bit away from the main Caminito Street, there was a children’s…
In Novara, where we went to see the ballet
Novara, located in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, is not well known, but it has many attractions, including a tall domed church and medieval buildings. And for a provincial city, it’s home…
Large wooden freight ship and tub-turned boat
If you go up the slope from the Shukunegi Old Town area in Sado Island in Japan, you will find the Ogi Filk Museum. We heard that there was a restored Sengokubune,…
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...
The next day was sunny
On the second day in Yokohama, Japan, the sun was shining and completely opposite of the bad weather of the previous day. And it was warm, too. If we had planned this trip...
Alitalia
Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. (Italian Air Company), operating as Alitalia, is the flag carrier and national airline of Italy, which took over the name, the landing rights, many planes and some other assets from the...
Nizza Monferrato
On the day we went to Piedmont with my Japanese friend, after eating a great lunch, we moved on to Nizza Monferrato. She read a novel recently that was set in this...
The strain of a sudden rise in popularity
We stayed at the Grand White City Hotel in Berat, Albania. The name Berat apparently comes from the word meaning “white town”. I’m sure it was the same in Belgrade, Serbia, too. The...
About the restaurant this time
This time, we made a reservation at a French restaurant called Birdies in Whitstable, the seaside town in southeast England. We were attracted to this restaurant facing Harbour Street, the town’s main street...
Guinness is Irish symbol
This is inside of Guiness Storehouse, a museum/attraction of Guinness. The main building is a huge pint glass shape and there are a lot of interesting gadgets all over the place. They must...
used the underground train to go shopping
It was Sunday on the third day of our stay in Buenos Aires in Argentina. For me, it was the shopping day I was looking forward to. Although many of the ordinary...
