Marrakesh

A disappointing riad

Our Morocco trip has finally reached Marrakesh, our final base. Marrakesh is the most bustling and chaotic city we’ve visited so far. As we entered the city, the traffic was extremely chaotic. Motorcycles…

Casablanca

Its only redeeming feature is its spaciousness

In Casablanca, Morocco, we stayed in a regular hotel for the first time on this trip. Up until then (and going forward), we had always stayed in riads. The hotel was the Melliber…

Casablanca

Inside a modern, massive mosque

The tour of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, has begun. The young man who guided us in English was very capable and interesting. Hassan II was the father of the current…

Veneto

Visit Peschiera

On the day of excursion to Lake Garda, I visited another nice town called Peschiera.Apparently, it was developed as a base of military and had the different atmosphere from other towns.Soooo many places…

Hungary

Raining hard at Lake Balaton

We went to Lake Balaton for the first time. It is famous for its beauty and Hungarian people spend their holidays here, but unfortunately when we were there, the weather was awful. I…

Tuscany

Light lunch at an enoteca

We had lunch after visiting the main tourist attractions in Certaldo in the Tuscany region of Italy. We had been curious about Enoteca Boccaccio, which is located across the street from the Boccaccio…

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Miranda Friends

Moscow-USSR-4

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. There were some small things that impressed me in Moscow, because things were different from the west: One of these was that the newspapers were basically free and a...
shopping
Shopping

Shopping is also a fun part of travelling

As expected, San Gimignano, a tourist destination in the Tuscany region of Italy, was very crowded. A wine festival was being held while the place was overflowing with tourists, making it even more...
airlines
Airlines

Air India

Air India is India’s national flag carrier. Although air transport was born in India on February 18, 1911 when Henri Piquet, flying a Humber bi-plane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini Junction, some six miles...
food
Food

Colombian BBQ and their New Year’s customs

On the way back from Guatape where we went from Medellin in Colombia, our guide and driver took us to a BBQ restaurant. In Colombia, they grill big skewered meats by sticking...
hotels
Hotels

The hotel in front

We stayed in a hotel called Vis a Vis in Trieste in Italy.This hotel is just off Unita Square, which is the centre of the city, so the location was excellent.It opened...
food
Restaurants

Revisited 2 restaurants in Monza

We used to live in Monza half of our time, a town north of Milan, Italy. Even after we stopped living there, we used to visit Monza a lot, so we are very...
food
Food

Madrilenian Cocido

On the last day of our stay in Madrid in Spain, we had to meet a person and went to the arranged place. The area was lovely with stylish small retailers and...
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Transports

used the underground train to go shopping

It was Sunday on the third day of our stay in Buenos Aires in Argentina. For me, it was the shopping day I was looking forward to. Although many of the ordinary...