Quiet White Maze
On our second day in Morocco, we left Rabat and headed north along the Atlantic coast to Assilah. When we entered the motorway, we passed through the toll booth using a system similar…
Assilah
The pub housed in a boat
After checking into our riad in Rabat, Morocco, we took a nap. That was because we’d been up at 3 AM that day. Waking up, we headed outside. The friendly riad staff recommended…
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…
When in Otaru, eat sushi
There is a “Sushi Street” in Otaru in Hokkaido, Japan, where there are as many as 20 sushi restaurants.The Rickshaw driver's first choice was unfortunately closed on the day, so we went…
Quiet at night
When we went out in Monsant in Portugal at night for dinner, the village was totally dark and quiet. Nobody was walking. We went to a restaurant which was listed in our…
Winter Wonderland
I went to Winter Wonderland, an event which was held in Hyde Park, the famous park in London. I was oblivious on this event, but apparently it was already the 7th year…
A Restaurant, Europe and Japan together
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I read recently that in Italy some restaurants that serve mix of Italian and Japanese cookings. In Osaka, in Japan, I had the opportunity to have a...
a great time at the market in Urumchi
We went to Urumchi by bus from Turpan in China. Again the bus was a clunker and it took about 5 hours. On the way, I saw the scar from the flood...
JAL Japan Airlines
JAL Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) (Nihon Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, in Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and...
Castella
Years ago, when I visited Portugal for the first time, I looked around for Castella, the cake which is popular in Japan and believed to be Portuguese. But the castella look-a-like cakes were lemon cakes....
At night in Ragusa
We boarded a single-car train that arrived 10 minutes late from the Modica station in Sicily. Our destination is Ragusa. It took only about 30 minutes, but it went like an old man...
lunch at the popular restaurant
On the day we had the sightseeing tour in Cartagena in Colombia, we had our lunch at the restaurant which our guide, Julio recommended. The name of the restaurant was La Mulata...
The confectionery good for your mother in law
On the first day in Ecija, a town in the Andalusian region of Spain, we returned to our inn and took a rest, then went for a walk after dark. First of all,...
The wind called Libeccio
During our summer holiday in Syracuse, Sicily, we took a boat trip around the area. We had a reservation at 3:00 pm, and when we went there, we found that we were...
