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…
Pretty houses
There were many pretty houses in Nida in Lithuania. I was not expecting this, so it was a very pleasant surprise. They were wooden houses in red or blue with white windowsills…
Lastly, Persepolis
On the second day in Shiraz in Iran, it was a holiday there because of the 10th anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini’s death. We were supposed to visit the famous Persepolis on the…
A Bridge Festival in Heidelberg
In Heidelberg in Germany, they were having the Bridge Festival for Karl-Theodor-Brucke (Alte Brucke), the bridge over river Necker. The musicians were all rather old and the audience who were dancing along the…
Relaxed in a Jazz bar in Kobe
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Our friend Okazawa-san accompanied us in Kobe city. It is only half an hour by train from Osaka. Kobe is a city near the mountain and the...
The Atmospheric Hotel and The Historic Miso Shop in Kakunodate
We stayed in “Tamachi Bukeyashiki Hotel” in Kakunodate in Akita prefecture in Japan. Their catchphrase is “the traditional warehouse-style hotel, surrounded by the black Kuroitabei (black wooden wall)”. As they say, the...
Lufthansa Airlines
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (or simply Lufthansa) is the flag carrier of Germany and one of the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried and fleet size. Lufthansa was founded in 1926 in Berlin (the name was...
local dishes in Kumamoto
On the evening of the day that we did excursion to the outskirts of Kumamoto City in Kyushu in Japan, we went to a Japanese-style bar/restaurant called “Goen” which was recommended by the...
Our accommodations were riad
On this trip to Morocco, we stayed at a riad almost every night. The same goes for our first night in Morocco in Rabat. We arrived at Riad Gyo, located just around the...
Having a meal at a Mehana
Melnik in the southwest of Bulgaria is a village located about 20 kilometres from the border with Greece. The reason why we came here is because it was recommended by an Italian colleague...
where is the tasty wine?
The town of Mikulov in Moravia region in Czech Republic, which is famous for its wine is very pretty with the castle on top of a hill. The railway station where...
Episode on the return flight
After having my summer holiday in Crete, I came back to Athens and spent one day walking around the city using my guide book.And on the day to return home, because the underground to...
