Gjirokaster
Traditional Coffee Brewing

Traditional Coffee Brewing

The last place we visited in Gjirokaster, an old town in Albania, was a shop that demonstrated how to make traditional coffee. A kilim was laid on the ground, and on top of...

Gjirokaster

Ethnographic museum used to be Hoxha’s home

On the second day in Gjirokaster, Albania, we gathered at 8:15 and went to the Ethnographic Museum first. It is very close to the House of Skenduli, a traditional house that we visited…

Gjirokaster

The only shopping we did in this holiday

In Gjirokaster, an old town in Albania, we stayed at a hotel near the bustling city centre, where shops were lined up like a bazaar. The hotel was called Hotel Argjiro. It seems…

Gjirokaster

About the stingy family’s traditional house

We arrived at Gjirokaster, our destination for the day on our Albania tour. Gjirokaster is a World Heritage Site and is known as the “Stone Town.” That is because its rows of traditional…

Karimabad

Home visit in Karimabad

I continue talking about Karimabad, the utopia in the northern Pakistan. Apparently people around here call themselves the descendants of Alexander the Great and in fact many of them had blue eyes and pale…

Oslo

Norwegian Museum of Cultural History in Oslo

There are 5 museums in Bygdøy, the peninsula in the west of the centre of Oslo city in Norway. We went to one of them, the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. It is an open…

Buenos Aires

The first meat

Argentina is famous for its good meat. During our stay in Buenos Aires, we ate meat almost everyday. On the first day, we chose the restaurant called La Cabrera which was top…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Mount Konpira

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Before leaving the town of Kotohira, our aim was climbing up the mount Konpira and visiting the temple located on the peak. The path was quite difficult...
shopping
Shopping

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...
airlines
Airlines

Korean Air

The air transport industry in Korea was initially formed with the establishment of Korea National Airlines (KNA), a private company in 1948. However, as a result of insufficient demand for air traffic, its inability to...
food
Food

Yebisu Beer

I heard that they give us 2 glasses of free beer, so I joined the tour in Yebisu Beer Museum.I did not know that Ebisu, a place in Tokyo was named after Yebisu...
hotels
Hotels

As small as a prison cell

This time, our hotel was Elysees Niel Hotel, located north east of Arc de triomphe de l’Étoile. The location was good, and functional, but the room was so small. Fortunately our suitcase was...
food
Restaurants

Dinner

The last of our Da Nang night tour in Vietnam was the dinner. The restaurant was called “Apsara” and there were performances of music and dance. It seemed that the customers were mainly...
food
Food

Good dessert

This is a wonderful dessert at a restaurant called Alle Arcate in Monza, northern Italy. Seafood is very good here, but this particular dessert is something everyone should try. Within the skin of...
transports
Transports

Iberia Airlines and stylish airport

We bought British Airways tickets, but the one we flew with was Iberia Airlines which was bought by BA.It was just lunch time, but we had to buy the foods, like cheap...