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...

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…

Ximending
Taiwan

Ximending

The city tour with the guide, which we started soon after we arrived in Taipei in Taiwan, took us to the Ximending area next. As our guide, Mr.Kou, said many times…

breathtaking Ming Sha Shan
Dunhuang

Breathtaking Ming Sha Shan

  From Liuyuan where we finally arrived at after a long train journey from Lanzhou in China, we took a minibus and after over two hours we settled in a hotel called…

Start of the city tour
Tirana

Start of the city tour

Well, the Albania tour is coming to an end. We returned to Tirana, the capital where we started, and on our last night we all ate at an outdoor restaurant called Oda Garden….

miranda-friends
Moscow-USSR-2
Miranda Friends

Moscow-USSR-2

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we started our stay, they gave us our group itinerary, which included our free days to do whatever we wanted. But we were allowed to move around only...
shopping
That evening’s walk
Shopping

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...
airlines
British Airways
Airlines

British Airways

British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. According to the company’s official web site, on 25 August 1919, British...
hotels
Family run hotel
Hotels

Family run hotel

I visited Turin in Italy for the first time. The hotel we stayed was Hotel Principi D’Acaja, a three star hotel housed in an early 20th century villa. It is located in...
food
The Restaurant Recommended by a Gondolier
Restaurants

The Restaurant Recommended by a Gondolier

We had our last meal in Venice in a restaurant recommended by the gondolier whose gondola we travelled in on the first day. The name of the restaurant was Torattoria Antico Calice....
food
Seafood and whisky
Food

Seafood and whisky

We had dinner on the Isle of Barra in the Hebrides of Scotland at the hotel we stayed at. The hotel is Castlebay Hotel in Castlebay, the only town-like town on the island....
transports
Imprisonment for fare-free riding
Transports

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...