Fez

Serious Hassan

Our second day in Fez, Morocco, was packed with sightseeing. At 10:00 AM, our local guide, Hassan, picked us up at our riad. Unlike our guide in Tangier, he was a humble, serious,…

Fez

It was supposed to be a chaotic town, but…

We arrived in Fez, one of Morocco‘s major cities. First, we drove through the new city, which seemed like a very orderly metropolis. Here too, we stayed in a riad located in the…

Meknes

My husband’s illness and repair work

Leaving the blue city of Chefchaouen in Morocco, we headed to the ancient city of Meknes. I had also visited here 30 years ago. I had such a good impression of it then…

Spain

Cathedral

After visiting the Silk Exchange in Valencia in Spain, we tried to get to the Cathedral. There were many gorgeous churches on the way, but the cathedral was really magnificent. They built…

Basilicata

Montescaglioso

 I went to a hill top town called Montescaglioso, in southern Italy. There are things to see there, such as 11th century churches, but maybe because I went there after a surprising town of…

Kiev

Something Added at St. Michael’s Cathedral

In the square outside St. Sophia’s Cathedral, the oldest cathedral in Kiev in Ukraine, there is a dynamic statue. This is a Cossack Hero called Bohdan Khmelnytsky, who led this country to independence from Poland…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

The Meijijingu

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In this photo you can see Meiji shrine, one of the most important and typical tourist destination in Tokyo. It is always full of foreign tourists but...
shopping
Shopping

Shopping is also a fun part of travelling

As expected, San Gimignano, a tourist destination in the Tuscany region of Italy, was very crowded. A wine festival was being held while the place was overflowing with tourists, making it even more...
airlines
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

Ice cream for breakfast?

In the morning in Syracuse in the southeastern part of Sicily, Italy, we went out for an Italian breakfast, croissants and cappuccino. The Airbnb where we stayed was in the new town,...
hotels
Hotels

one night in Telč

We went to Telč, which is listed in the Unesco’s World Heritage list from Brno in Moravia region in Czech Republic. Telč is on the border of Moravia and Bohemia. When...
food
Restaurants

Slow food restaurant

We asked for recommendation for a restaurant to the vendor who sold us a model of a house on Charles Bridge in Prague. He recommended Lokal, which was situated on the other...
food
Food

dishes of Rome

We got up very early again, this time to go to Rome. This was the first time I had been to Fiumicino Airport in Rome in 35 years, though we went through there for transit...
transports
Transports

to Mikulov by bus

On the second day in Moravia region in Czech Republic, we had planned to visit Mikulov, well known town for its wine production near the Austrian border. We asked the bus...