Marrakesh
Madrasa and lunch

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...

Walking through the hustle and bustle of the souk
Marrakesh

Walking through the hustle and bustle of the souk

After leaving the Bahia Palace on our walking tour in Marrakesh, Morocco, we walked through the bustling souk for a while. According to our guide, Youssuf, the souk used to be clearly divided…

The Bahia Palace
Marrakesh

The Bahia Palace

Our next stop on our guided walking tour in Marrakesh, Morocco, was the Bahia Palace. We paid 100 dirhams (about 9 euros) per person to enter. Although it’s a magnificent mansion built in…

Cod dinner
Spain

Cod dinner

In Madrid, we looked for a restaurant called Casa Labra listed in my guidebook. The main space here was the tapas bar and full of local people, but a small restaurant behind, with only…

visited Cutty Sark in Greenwich
London

Visited Cutty Sark in Greenwich

We got on Cutty Sark, the sailing ship exhibited in Greenwich in the east London for the first time. It is a museum on the land, not on the sea. When we…

Room to improve souvenirs
England

Room to improve souvenirs

Isle of Man, an island off England is famous for the mortorcycle race, “TT”. It is a historical race started in 1907. It is held on the public roads which usually…

miranda-friends
Eat Italian food in Tokyo
Miranda Friends

Eat Italian food in Tokyo

This is my friend, Bangly's posting. Usually when I travel I like to be totally absorbed in local customs, so I eat only local foods because foods are one of the forms of...
shopping
Various things in Lisbon
Shopping

Various things in Lisbon

We returned to Lisbon’s Rossio station from Sintra, Portugal, and then took a taxi to the Parliament building near our home (Airbnb). From here, we walked to Naco, a delicatessen shop that we...
airlines
Air India
Airlines

Air India

Air India is India’s national flag carrier. Although air transport was born in India on February 18, 1911 when Henri Piquet, flying a Humber bi-plane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini Junction, some six miles...
food
where is the tasty wine?
Food

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...
hotels
great time in a Ryokan in Beppu
Hotels

great time in a Ryokan in Beppu

The next destination of our short holiday in Kyushu in Japan was Beppu where we arrived by the limited express train, “Yufu No.3”. The Ryokan (Japanese style hotel) we had booked was...
food
The glittering food court
Restaurants

The glittering food court

On the first day in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, we went for a walk after dark. My husband wanted to go to the river, so we went down the slope. On the...
food
Goose Dish
Food

Goose Dish

This is a photo of the goose dish I had in Gdansk in Poland. It was served with a pear sauce. The meat was drier than duck, but it tasted very good....
transports
Crossing to Gozo by the ferry
Transports

Crossing to Gozo by the ferry

I went over to Gozo, the sencond island of Malta.Before my travelling to Malta, I had read somewhere that there was a helicopter service between the islands.I was looking forward to it, but...