Tirana
The mosque and the square

The mosque and the square

Continuing with the city tour of Tirana, the capital of Albania. Next we went to a mosque. The mosque has a long name, Jamia Ethem Bey Mosque. Construction began at the end of...

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….

Durres

There are some sights to see, but

On the way back to the capital, Tirana, during a tour of Albania, we stopped off in Durres, a large coastal town. This wasn’t on the itinerary. Our guide was very service-minded. It’s…

Apollonia

The monastery, lunch and the mosaics

Near the ruins of Apollonia in Albania, there is another attraction called the Ardenica Monastery. It is said that the monastery was started to be built in 1282 on the site of the…

Italy

And Amalfi

The next place we visited during our Amalfi Coast tour was Amalfi itself. This town became  the first city-state in the 7th century. In the 11th century, the Normans defeated them and they…

Ardabil

Ardabil carpet

From Astara, the border town in Iran close to Azerbaijan, we headed for Ardabil and stayed there for one night. The hotel here was terrible, though they said it was three…

Taiwan

Walk around the night market

The last thing we did in Taiwan was walking around the night market in Taipei. We went to the one near my friend’s house, whose name I forgot. Unfortunately it was rainy night and…

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Miranda Friends

Kabuki show

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in the small town of Kotohira, in Japan, I had the opportunity to see a Kabuki show, thanks to my friend Shogo’s help. This...
shopping
Shopping

The next day was sunny

On the second day in Yokohama, Japan, the sun was shining and completely opposite of the bad weather of the previous day. And it was warm, too. If we had planned this trip...
airlines
Airlines

Air France

Air France (formally Société Air France, S.A.), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France (north of Paris). The airline’s global hub is at Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport. According to the...
food
Food

Visiting Howth to eat seafood

During 5 day tour in Ireland, we could not come across good seafood as we expected. So after coming back to Dublin, we went to a port town called Howth which is about...
hotels
Hotels

How about staying in a gorgeous villa?

I went to a gorgeous house called Villa San Carlo Borromeo in Senago near Milan, Italy.It is a hansom building in a huge garden.The history of this building starts in 16th century, but...
food
Restaurants

gem on top of the mountain

On the last day of our short holiday in Andalucia in the south of Spain, because our flight was late at around 7 pm, we decided to go to Casares which the...
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...
transports
Transports

Enoden, nostalgic railway

I do not know why but most of us feel nostalgic riding Enoshima Electric Railway. On the day we had a walk in Kamakura, we bought one day ticket which costs 580 yen and...