The kasbah and the lunch
Our next stop in Rabat, Morocco, was Oudaya Kasbah. A kasbah is a former fortress with a small, inhabited town inside. This kasbah apparently dates back to the 12th century, after which people…
Rabat
A truly intercultural experience
It’s been a while since we last crossed continents and enjoyed a cross-cultural experience. Our destination was Morocco. Actually, this was my third time. The last time I visited was as long as…
It’s not really a travelling..
This time in London, England, we stayed at a large hotel called Dorsett Shepherds Bush London. It’s located on the other side of Shepherd’s Bush Green from the Shepherd’s Bush underground station, so…
Everyday Paella
I knew that the Spanish meal, Paella came from Valencia, so I wanted to try one during our short holiday in the city. There were many snack restaurants outside of the Central…
Caught in the rain
We took a walk around Island of Ortigia, the old town of Syracuse, a historic town in Sicily, Italy. According to the guidebook, the Duomo and its square seemed to be the…
Country’s No.1 attraction, Sagrada Familia
On the last day in Barcelona, Spain, we left our luggage at the hotel and walked to Sagrada Familia, a famous church designed by Gaudi. As I wrote before, when I walked…
The beautiful town of Akashi
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. On the second day in Osaka, after breakfast, we met a Japanese friend who lives here. His name is Mr. Okazawa and he became our guide. We...
Various things in Lisbon
We returned to Lisbon’s Rossio station from Sintra, Portugal, and then took a taxi to the Parliament building near our home (Airbnb). From here, we walked to Naco, a delicatessen shop that we...
American Airlines
On the morning of April 15, 1926, a young aviator named Charles A. Lindbergh stowed a bag of mail in his little DH-4 biplane and took off from Chicago for St. Louis. Later that day,...
Urchin salad
This is the photo of urchin salad.It was just sea urchins.I love sea urchin, so it was a feast for me.I ate this at a restaurant called Allou Gialou on the Kini...
B&B or hotel
We stayed in a hotel called Kingfisher Lodge in Killarney in Ireland. According to my guide book, it belongs to the category of B&B, though there are quite a few rooms and I...
stayed in a B&B and had great seafood
We stayed in a B&B called Maison Fleurie in Pescara, a seaside town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy. B&B’s in England are usually bigger but ordinary residential houses where the...
Dish called Samgyetang
What I knew about Korean foods were only Kimuchi, Barbeque and a few others, but this time in Busan I ate something called Samgyetang, which is my sister’s favourite. Basically, this is a...
Another Cable Car
There is another cable car in Dresden in Germany. To be accurate, this one is a suspension railway and it was opened in May, 1901. An engineer in Cologne invented it and...
