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…
The waves made us thoroughly refreshed
After our Christmas lunch in the Portuguese seaside town of Cascais, the sky was a little brighter, so we took a walk around the town. Our restaurant was located in Citadel, which is…
Names of Italian people
The area around the Duomo is the centre of the city and there are always a lot of people here. I wonder if I call ‘Marco!’, how many people would turn around. There…
Moving singing
We dropped in #Southwark #Cathedral on the day we had a walk around London Bridge area. I did not know there was a cathedral here. Apparently there has been some religious establishment…
Japanese whisky
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I like whisky very much. Since I was a boy I have appreciated European whiskies, especially Irish and Scottish. Because I knew that Japan produces good whiskies,...
Knives and Baskets
When we were walking in Castelsardo, a town in the north of Sardinia in Italy, we noticed that there were many shops selling knives with sharp blades and colourful handles. The...
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...
Meat, entirely
This is a restaurant I went in Evora in Portugal.In this country, the starters are brought to you without your asking them, which I experienced in Porto in the north of Portugal, too.They...
arriving in Bogota
We spent our Christmas-New Year holiday in Colombia. Because our travel in the three countries in South America the year before was wonderful, we wanted to know this continent more. We used the same travel agency...
Visiting Rye by the slow train
I have an almost obsessive notion that I must not waste a sunny weekend during summer and have to go somewhere, so this Sunday we went to Rye, a town in the south...
Restaurant and winery in Castell’Arquato
On the day we went to Castell’Arquato, a historic and beautiful town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, we made a reservation at a restaurant called Ristorante del Voltone. If you want to have lunch on...
From Glacier Express
From St Moritz to Zermatt in Switzerland, I took a train called Glacier Express. It took 8 hours. I thought I would get fed up, but I did not at all. The view...
