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…
Casablanca
About famous tanneries, etc.
Our stroll through the souks of Fez, Morocco, continued. Along the way, we passed the mausoleum dedicated to Moulay Idris, the founder of this town. Apparently, you can offer your prayers from outside…
Walking through the souk
The medina of Fez, Morocco, is said to be one of the world’s largest labyrinthine old cities. The impression is that most of it is a souk (market). Although it is divided into…
View of Toledo
Toledo in Spain is on a hill which is surrounded three side by Tajo River. Across the river in the south side, there is another hill and from there, you can see…
Looking down the city of Orvieto from a clock tower
Orvieto in Umbria was the last destination on this trip. Again it was a beautiful town with a gorgeous cathedral and nice small alleys. When we were there, there was a small market of…
The sunset from the boat
The climax of the boat journey around Santorini was again the sunset. We looked up at he Oia town being dyed salmon pink, where we had seen the sunset the day before, and…
Udon of Kagawa
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Kagawa prefecture in Japan is famous for its Udon (kind of noodles prepared with flour of wheat). According to my Japanese friend, Udon that you can find...
Shopping in the Disappointing Puerto de la Cruz
We left La Laguna, the old capital of Tenerife in Spain, which was a lovely place that exceeded our expectations and moved to Puerto de la Cruz, the second place we stayed on the island....
Alitalia
Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. (Italian Air Company), operating as Alitalia, is the flag carrier and national airline of Italy, which took over the name, the landing rights, many planes and some other assets from the...
The market which sells snails
This is a box of snails I saw in Catania, the second biggest city in Sicily, south Italy. They are all alive and wiggle continuously. In this market, mainly sea-foods were sold, but...
Pousada in Tavira
In our short holiday in Portugal in order to avoid the cold, we stayed two nights in Tavira, which is about 40 km east of Faro in Algarve. The reason why we...
going up the bell tower of Alghero’s cathedral and then eat Pintxos
It has been a week since we arrived in Alghero, the town in the north western Sardinia in Italy. We took out the rubbish as everyone else in the apartment block did...
World Oldest Distellery
he first destination of the 5 day bus tour I joined in Ireland was the oldest distillery in the world.Of course it was in the morning.Whisky is more famous in Scotland, but Irish...
Ride a rowing boat
At night in Hoi An, an old town in Vietnam, we were invited to ride a rowing boat, so we tried. The boat was very shallow and the water was very close....
