Marrakesh
A modest New Year’s Eve

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,...

Ourika Valley

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…

Marrakesh

That night

After a full day of sightseeing in Marrakesh, Morocco, we went to a bar called La Pergola where we could enjoy alcohol. As I’ve mentioned many times before, in Morocco, alcohol has been…

Marrakesh

Madrasa and lunch

The last stop on our guided walking tour in Marrakesh, Morocco, was the Ben Youssuf Madrasa, a former religious school. Entry cost 50 dirhams (approximately 4.70 euros). Founded in the mid-16th century and…

Dubrovnik

Highlight of this holiday

The highlight of our trip to Dubrovnik in Croatia was the city wall. As the guidebook says, “No trip to Dubrovnik is complete without walking on the world’s greatest city wall.” That’s why…

Rome

Superstar

When I told my Italian friend that I was going to #Rome, she said ” Are you going to meet #Pope?”.I thought it was a joke, but she told me that he…

France

Tragedy of the day before sale starts

In France, the state decides the days of sales. This time I went to Paris on the day before the sale started. Just a few days before I left, I leaned…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

In Moscow 1980

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we landed at the Moscow airport in April 1980, at the passport control we we found the officials wearing uniforms, with no smiles or no expressions. They looked...
shopping
Shopping

Shopping in Brasov

You can enjoy shopping in Brasov in Romania, which is a quite big city. This photo is the blouse of their national costume, which I bought there. It is hand embroidered. Actually,...
airlines
Airlines

Cathay Pacific Airways

Initially based in Shanghai, the two men eventually moved to Hong Kong and established the airline.
food
Food

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,...
hotels
Hotels

Also this time it was Airbnb

We stayed at an Airbnb in Agios Nikolaos, a town in eastern Crete, Greece. Since our first Airbnb stay in Sardinia in 2020, we’ve become completely addicted to its convenience. We’ve had about...
food
Restaurants

Seafood Lunch in Puerto de la Cruz

One day, while we were walking in Puerto de la Cruz in the north of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, we looked for an archaeological museum recommended in our guidebook, which supposedly...
food
Food

Pancake

This is the photo of pancake we had as starters in Klaipeda in Lithuania. The front one is pancake with cabbage, and the one behind is spinach and mushroom, and the sauce...
transports
Transports

Local Line

From Jiufen in Taiwan, we took a local train to Shifen. We pushed our way onto the train at Ruifeng station, because we had learned that there were no reservations and...