That evening’s walk
After a thorough sightseeing tour of Fez, Morocco, we took a stroll through the medina surrounding our riad that evening. Ideally, we wanted to descend the hill and return to the more traditional…
Casablanca
About famous tanneries, etc.
Our stroll through the souks of Fez, Morocco, continued. Along the way, we passed the mausoleum dedicated to Moulay Idris, the founder of this town. Apparently, you can offer your prayers from outside…
Walking through the souk
The medina of Fez, Morocco, is said to be one of the world’s largest labyrinthine old cities. The impression is that most of it is a souk (market). Although it is divided into…
Around Place d’Armes in Montreal
After seeing Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal in Canada, we went out to the Place d’Armes in front and heard the live performance of jazz music. The Montreal Jazz Festival had been…
Imprisonment for fare-free riding
After spending a much more fulfilling time than I expected at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, we wondered how to get back to the city. We asked the friendly guy at the…
To Gergeti Trinity Church
The most famous picture of Georgia, the country in Caucasus, is the view of Gergeti Trinity Church, seen from Kazbegi village. We, too, came all the way into the mountains to see…
Sakè in Japan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In Italy the word sakè indicates a particular alcoholic drink typical from Japan, but the reality is not exatcly like that. In fact, in Japan the word...
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...
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...
the bison sausages we ate in Wendake village
There was a restaurant within Onhoüa Chetel8e, the area which shows how the Huron People used to live in Wendake village in Quebec in Canada. After the tour in Onhoüa Chetel8e,...
Countess’s room
“This used to be a room of a countess” said the hotel manager guiding us to this room. The atmosphere was wonderful. The ceiling was lovely, too. This room was large enough,...
The town with no taxies
There are no taxis in Osuna, a town in Andalusia, Spain. We took it for granted that we would go to the hotel to pick up our luggage and take a taxi to...
Local beer everywhere
In the island of Mando, I thought there was nothing other than the nature, but I found something special, which is the local beer. Well, the beer itself was not that special, but...
the lake of Karakul, the most beautiful in the world
I liked Kashgar very much, the town in the western part of Xinjiang in China and wanted to stay there longer, but we had already stayed one night more than our original...
