A disappointing riad
Our Morocco trip has finally reached Marrakesh, our final base. Marrakesh is the most bustling and chaotic city we’ve visited so far. As we entered the city, the traffic was extremely chaotic. Motorcycles…
Marrakesh
Its only redeeming feature is its spaciousness
In Casablanca, Morocco, we stayed in a regular hotel for the first time on this trip. Up until then (and going forward), we had always stayed in riads. The hotel was the Melliber…
Inside a modern, massive mosque
The tour of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, has begun. The young man who guided us in English was very capable and interesting. Hassan II was the father of the current…
Islands of Irabu-shima and Shimoji-shima and The Economic Boom
During our sightseeing taxi tour on Miyako-jima, the island of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan, we went to Irabu Ohashi bridge next, one of the highlights of this island. This bridge connects the…
To Ischia via Naples
This year’s summer holiday was modest, only one week on the island of Ischia in southern Italy. I know that might be frowned upon by people who can’t take long vacations. Ischia is…
Theatre des Champs-Elisees
In Paris, on the day we went up the Eiffel Tower, we went back to the hotel and changed clothes and went out again to the Theatre des Champs-Elisees in the evening….
Moscow-USSR-4
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. There were some small things that impressed me in Moscow, because things were different from the west: One of these was that the newspapers were basically free and a...
as soon as we arrived in Sado Island, we went shopping
We had a short trip to Sado Island in Japan with a friend of ours from my high school. It was our first time to visit there. It was a smooth journey...
JAL Japan Airlines
JAL Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) (Nihon Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, in Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and...
Watermelon
After enjoying our walk along the promenade and tasting the lovely ice cream in Italy, we headed back to our B&B. On the way, we found this stall selling only watermelon....
Wonderful ryokan in Hakone
This is the view from the balcony of our room in a ryokan(Japanese style hotel) called Hanaougi in Goura in Hakone.This balcony has got a open air hot spring bath, which was excellent!...
Seafood lunch overlooking the sea
In Procida, an island in southern Italy, we went looking for Ristorante Gorgonia, a restaurant in the old town recommended by Carlo, the taxi driver who toured the island. From the point where...
Lobsters in Rockport
We took a one day excursion from Boston, USA to Rockport which is about 64 km north east of Boston. We went to North Station in Boston by the subway from the...
train journey in England in the middle of the pandemic
In July, short time after the society started moving again, though the pandemic was still with us, we conjured up our courage to have a short holiday within England. The destination...
