Marrakesh
And so the journey comes to an end

And so the journey comes to an end

Our year-end trip to Morocco has finally come to an end. By the time we returned to Marrakesh from our excursion to Essaouira, it was already getting dark, and we were caught in traffic that...

An astonishing number of boats
Essaouira

An astonishing number of boats

We arrived in Essaouira, a port town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. We parted ways with our driver, Youssuf, just before reaching the port, and went for a stroll. On this New…

Argan oil and goats
Essaouira

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…

The Old Part of Stockholm
Sweden

The Old Part of Stockholm

The old part of Stockholm is called Gamlan Stan, sounds like Indian or something. It is very nice with colourful buildings and cobbled streets. According to the guide, it is not too old,…

Pousada in Tavira
Tavira

Pousada in Tavira

In our short holiday in Portugal in order to avoid the cold, we stayed two nights in Tavira, which is about 40 km east of Faro in Algarve. The reason why we…

From Glacier Express
Switzerland

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…

miranda-friends
Relaxed in a Jazz bar in Kobe
Miranda Friends

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...
shopping
Shopping is also a fun part of travelling
Shopping

Shopping is also a fun part of travelling

As expected, San Gimignano, a tourist destination in the Tuscany region of Italy, was very crowded. A wine festival was being held while the place was overflowing with tourists, making it even more...
airlines
Vietnam Airlines
Airlines

Vietnam Airlines

According to company’s official website, the history of Vietnam Airlines dates back to January 1956 when the Vietnam Civil Aviation Department was established by the Government, marking the birth of the civil aviation industry in...
food
Eating boar
Food

Eating boar

This is a meal I had in Heidelberg in Germany. The meat is boar. The boar meat is more common than reindeer or bear I had this year, but still a bit special,...
hotels
Seville for the first time in 10 years
Hotels

Seville for the first time in 10 years

This is the first time in 10 years that we have been to Seville, the capital of the Andalusian region of Spain. About an hour and a half by train from Osuna, a...
food
Restaurant with the Feeling of Old Tavern
Restaurants

Restaurant with the Feeling of Old Tavern

We went to a restaurant called La Mescita, in Carate, a town in northern Italy which is about 25km from Milan. The interior was arranged in the image of an old Milanese tavern...
food
Lunch
Food

Lunch

This is one of the dishes we had in our first lunch in Vietnam called “White Rose”, which was something I had wanted to try in the country. Before coming to Vietnam, I...
transports
Airport and the flight on the way back
Transports

Airport and the flight on the way back

It’s almost time to say goodbye to Barra Island in the Hebrides, Scotland, where we spent the night. We took a bus to the airport from the Castlebay bus stop. The flight was...