Marrakesh
A modest New Year’s Eve

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,...

Ourika Valley

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…

Marrakesh

That night

After a full day of sightseeing in Marrakesh, Morocco, we went to a bar called La Pergola where we could enjoy alcohol. As I’ve mentioned many times before, in Morocco, alcohol has been…

Marrakesh

Madrasa and lunch

The last stop on our guided walking tour in Marrakesh, Morocco, was the Ben Youssuf Madrasa, a former religious school. Entry cost 50 dirhams (approximately 4.70 euros). Founded in the mid-16th century and…

Lombardy

Second house in the mountain

I visited my friends’ second house in the mountain.The place is called Sant’Omoboro Terme which is famous for its its hot springs.It takes a bit more than 1 hour by car from…

Tuscany

Vin Santo found in the uninspiring new town

After having a very satisfying lunch in the old town of Certaldo, a town in the Tuscany region of Italy, we took a walk around the area, but the clouds seemed to be…

Japan

JR’s ability for organisation

I went to Kanazawa from Tokyo using Shinkansen Bullet Train up to Echigoyuzawa and then changed, and took the same route on the way back. But because of the horrible weather called “bomb”…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Visiting an exhibition of Ukiyo-e

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. A lot of people in Italy know the artist Katsushika Hokusai and his works, for example “the wave” or “36 views of mount Fuji”. They are on...
shopping
Shopping

Our shopping during this holiday

The trip to Andalusia, Spain is finally towards the end. After descending from Seville Cathedral, we went to the indoor craft market we saw the day before. The building, named Mercado de Artisania,...
airlines
Airlines

Cathay Pacific Airways

Initially based in Shanghai, the two men eventually moved to Hong Kong and established the airline.
hotels
Hotels

Quirky Hotel

We went to London to celebrate our friend’s end of her battle with illness. It had been decades since we’d stayed in a hotel in London, where we’d lived for many years. This...
food
Restaurants

the good lunch in Assisi

There seems a lot more to see than the famous Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi in Italy, but after spending long time looking at things in the basilica, we were very...
food
Food

cutting the hanging monkfish

On the second night of our short family trip to Ibaraki prefecture in Japan, we stayed in the Oarai Hotel facing the Oarai Beach. According to the website of this hotel, they have 12 different...