Marrakesh
A disappointing riad

A disappointing riad

Our Morocco trip has finally reached Marrakesh, our final base. Marrakesh is the most bustling and chaotic city we’ve visited so far. As we entered the city, the traffic was extremely chaotic. Motorcycles...

Casablanca

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…

Spain

Nice view with snow mountain in Granada

The view of Granada is very beautiful mainly because of those mountains surrounding the city. In this season, some are with snow. By the way, around this area, they grow olives. Outside of…

Lviv

About the Greek Catholic Church and Other Things

They say that there are more than 100 churches in Lviv in western Ukraine. Therefore, during our first sightseeing tour, naturally we visited a few churches. Among them, the one whose interior…

Milan

Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan

We often go to Milan in Italy mainly for business, but this was my first time to visit Pinacoteca di Brera. I went there with my friend who came from Japan. This…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

The beautiful town of Akashi

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. On the second day in Osaka, after breakfast, we met a Japanese friend who lives here. His name is Mr. Okazawa and he became our guide. We...
shopping
Shopping

beads of Murano

Every time we go to Murano in Venice, we end up buying some glass products. Not only jewelleries, but one time we stretched our budget to buy a colourful vase. When I...
airlines
Airlines

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...
food
Food

cutting the hanging monkfish

On the second night of our short family trip to Ibaraki prefecture in Japan, we stayed in the Oarai Hotel facing the Oarai Beach. According to the website of this hotel, they have 12 different...
hotels
Hotels

Staying in a hotel in the city

The second night in Kanazawa, we stayed in a hotel called Kanazawa Hakuchouro. The room is western, but they have Japanese style hot spring baths and the atmosphere of the hall and the...
food
Restaurants

The restaurant where noble people visit

The last night in the Eolian Islands, we went to a restaurant recommended by a taxi driver in Lipari. The name is Filippino, but nothing to do with Philippine, but means small Filippo....
food
Food

the town I want to visit again

During our holiday in the south of Sicily in Italy, we visited Modica after Scicli. This is another town of ‘Late Baroque Towns of Val di Noto’, the Unesco World Heritage...
transports
Transports

Ferry port in Olbia

I took an early ferry back to the mainland Italy.The view at the port in Olbia was wonderful with the rising sun behind the big ferries.People were agitated to get on the ferry...