Our accommodations were riad
On this trip to Morocco, we stayed at a riad almost every night. The same goes for our first night in Morocco in Rabat. We arrived at Riad Gyo, located just around the…
Rabat
The kasbah and the lunch
Our next stop in Rabat, Morocco, was Oudaya Kasbah. A kasbah is a former fortress with a small, inhabited town inside. This kasbah apparently dates back to the 12th century, after which people…
A truly intercultural experience
It’s been a while since we last crossed continents and enjoyed a cross-cultural experience. Our destination was Morocco. Actually, this was my third time. The last time I visited was as long as…
To Djerba island
The last destination of our Tuinisian tour was Djerba island. The normal itinerary was flying back to Tunis without staying here, but we thought we should stay as we came all the…
To La Peña de Francia
We went on a day trip to Sierra de Francia, a mountainous area south of Salamanca, a university town in western Spain. It was introduced in a guidebook that there are “beautiful villages…
Open air opera concert
When we stayed in Bansko, Bulgaria, they happened to have the Opera Festival. At 9pm, it started at the open air theatre. It was really a proper opera performance with the real orchestra, though…
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...
the changeable weather in St Ives
We stayed at Poldhu Guest House in St Ives in Cornwall, the south western end of England. Because we decided to come to St Ives quite late, when we tried booking a...
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...
Great cooking of short tempered chef
Regarding #restaurants in #Rome, we went to the ones in the list made by our friends who used to live in Rome. For the lunch that day, we went to the one...
The strain of a sudden rise in popularity
We stayed at the Grand White City Hotel in Berat, Albania. The name Berat apparently comes from the word meaning “white town”. I’m sure it was the same in Belgrade, Serbia, too. The...
Our short holiday, the last was Bistecca alla Fiorentina
It was a short trip to Florence, Italy for only 2 nights, but it was a fulfilling trip. However, what we hadn’t achieved until the very end was to eat Bistecca alla Fiorentina....
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...
extremely small locomotive train
While my mother was staying with us in London, our friends invited us for an excursion to Kent, south England. They said ‘you will find something surreal today’ when they came to...
