Casablanca
Its only redeeming feature is its spaciousness

Its only redeeming feature is its spaciousness

In Casablanca, Morocco, we stayed in a regular hotel for the first time on this trip. Up until then (and going forward), we had always stayed in riads. The hotel was the Melliber...

Casablanca

Inside a modern, massive mosque

The tour of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, has begun. The young man who guided us in English was very capable and interesting. Hassan II was the father of the current…

Casablanca

The main attraction here

For our End of the Year and New Year’s trip to Morocco, we left Fez and headed to Casablanca. I wondered why the agent had planned such a roundabout itinerary, considering Casablanca is…

Fez

That evening’s walk

After a thorough sightseeing tour of Fez, Morocco, we took a stroll through the medina surrounding our riad that evening. Ideally, we wanted to descend the hill and return to the more traditional…

Argentina

See the tango

We went to see the Piazzolla Tango Show in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The theatre was not very big, but had a very nice art deco style. It was possible to have a…

Tenerife

Simple Lunch on the Seashore of Anaga

Anaga Natural Park in Tenerife, in Spain, is as large as 14,419 hectares. There are over 120 kinds of endemic plants and animals there, apparently. The jugged mountains are the centre of…

Niagara

Very pretty Niagara On The Lake

Later in our Niagara tour in Canada, we saw the newer hydroelectric power station and a floral clock. Canada and the US share the income from the water resources from Niagara River…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

JR Rail Pass

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. This time the destination of my travel was Japan. I did not have the time to settle myself down in Tokyo in the house of my close...
shopping
Shopping

Blue John and Haircut

On the last day of our short holiday in Lincoln, the city in the middle of England, we went into a jewellery shop that had interested me during our stay. The reason...
airlines
Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey, headquartered at Atatūrk Airport in Istanbul. According to company’’s official website, on 20th may 1933, the “State Airlines Administration” operating under the supervision of the...
food
Food

Pintxo

Everywhere in Basque country in Spain, you would notice Pintxos, their special food. It is like an elaborate version of canape. They use bread instead of crackers and on top of...
hotels
Hotels

The View From the Hotel Room

My family came from Japan to Italy. We joined them and had a family holiday in Italy this autumn. First, we stayed in Milan. We stayed in the Michelangelo Hotel, which was...
food
Food

Bread salad

This is a photo of the Bread Salad we ate in Monsanto in Portugal. It was very different from Italian Panzanella which is a salad dish with bread in it. This one...
transports
Transports

Time is money

The last thing we saw during our sightseeing in the old town of Plovdiv in Bulgaria was the Roman Theatre. This Roman Theatre can be said to be the centrepiece of Plovdiv sightseeing,...