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…
Though the view was disappointing
During our winter holiday in Sorrento in southern Italy, the wind had finally died down and the weather was decent, so we went to Sant’Agata, which is said to have a good view….
Wonderful view
After eating in the bullring in Antequera in Andalucia in southern Spain, we walked towards the centre of the town. First, we noticed the brick gate just outside of the bull ring…
The patio in a bank in Zaragoza
The tourist map we received from the information office in Zaragoza in Spain has the small photographs of the tourist attractions. Among them, there was a photo of Patio de la Infanta…
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...
Carmo Convent and Sardine Shop
The weather was lovely on the third day in Lisbon in Portugal, too. Unfortunately, because of my husband’s leg injury, we could not do much sightseeing this time, but just to enjoy...
All Nippon Airways
According to company’s official website, in December 1952, Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transports Co., Ltd was established with the goal of restoring regular air transportation services disrupted by WW II. The company started a helicopter...
Very Good Lunch and Confetti
Now it was lunch time in Sulmona, a town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy. Our guide, Guido, took us to a restaurant called Il Vecchio Muro, which he had been...
Pousada in Tavira
In our short holiday in Portugal in order to avoid the cold, we stayed two nights in Tavira, which is about 40 km east of Faro in Algarve. The reason why we...
A gorgeous cafe
The next day in Oporto, Portugal, was a cloudy and cold day. On our way to the supermarket Pingo Doce, which we became familiar with during our stay in Portugal, we found the...
Sardines
After crossing Vizcaya Bridge in Getxo in Spain, we walked on and on to find the restaurant which the leaflet we got from the hotel recommended.It was just next to the...
chaos of the port
The last destination of our holiday in Colombia was Isla Grande, one of the Rosario Islands which is about 35 km south west of Cartagena. This archipelago is made up of 27...
