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…
Essaouira
A modest New Year’s Eve
We returned to Marrakesh, Morocco. It happened to be New Year’s Eve. Since Morocco has a different calendar, there were no local events, but we wanted to do something memorable. On a whim,…
A disappointing excursion to the Ourika Valley
A trip to the Ourika Valley was included in our itinerary from Marrakesh, Morocco. The Ourika Valley is a resort area located a little over an hour’s drive south of Marrakech. It’s a…
To Anaga Natural Park
The northeast end of the island of Tenerife in Spain is Anaga Natural Park. People go there for trekking. We do not do trekking, but because we had heard the view is nice there,…
Downpour in Jiufen
One of the reasons why I wanted to visit Taiwan is this small village, Jiufen. I like the Japanese animation film ‘Spirited Away’ and I heard that Jiufen was one of the places…
The Confident Barber of Palermo
On this day of our holiday in Palermo, Sicily in Italy towards the end of the year, after a satisfying meal, my husband had a reservation for a haircut in the afternoon, so…
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...
The Atmospheric Hotel and The Historic Miso Shop in Kakunodate
We stayed in “Tamachi Bukeyashiki Hotel” in Kakunodate in Akita prefecture in Japan. Their catchphrase is “the traditional warehouse-style hotel, surrounded by the black Kuroitabei (black wooden wall)”. As they say, the...
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...
What we ate at La Pelosa and dinner of the day
On the day we spent a day on the beautiful beach of La Pelosa at the tip of the northwestern part of Sardinia, Italy, we had lunch at a seaside restaurant that was...
The Last Thing was Vodka
In the evening of the last day of our stay in Gdansk in Poland, we had a light supper at the hotel and drunk some vodka after that. There was a set...
The pub which used to be a coaching inn
The #George #Inn is a pub which used to be a coaching inn located a little south of London Bridge. This pub was already written in a map of 1543. A friend...
Vineyard
On the way back from Valparaiso to Santiago in Chile, we stopped at a vineyard. This area is called Casablanca Valley and it is the famous wine region in the country. I...
how to get to Asinara Island
Our “living” in Alghero on Sardinia, Italy was already in the second half. On this day, we took a full day tour to Asinara, a small island at the northwestern tip of the...
