An astonishing number of boats
We arrived in Essaouira, a port town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. We parted ways with our driver, Youssuf, just before reaching the port, and went for a stroll. On this New…
Essaouira
Argan oil and goats
In Marrakesh, Morocco, where the calendar is different, we celebrated the New Year without any festivities. Like the locals, we calmly checked out of our riad. We loaded our luggage into the car…
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,…
Sky Costanera
We were able to walk to the Costanera Center in Santiago, Chile from our hotel. It is also called Grand Torre. The building reminded me of The Shard in London. The height…
Using the pass
In Dubrovnik, Croatia, we used a convenient pass for tourists called “Dubrovnik Pass”. There are 1-day, 3-day, and 7-day passes, which are said to pay for themselves once you enter the town’s main…
Cherry blosssoms
One of the purposes of this holiday was to see cherry blossoms in Japan. But the time when we could get days off easily was after the blossoms’ peak time in Kanto area. But…
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...
A lovely embroidery shop whose name I forgot
As I mentioned before, the folk dance costumes we saw in Dubrovnik in Croatia were really cute. So I searched online and went to a local shop that specialises in embroidery such as...
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...
visiting a sake brewery again
Niigata in Japan is famous for its sake. You cannot leave here without visiting a sake brewery or two. We visited one in the past when we came here a few years...
Small version of a castle
Our Romanian holiday was organised by our local friends there, from the itinerary to the selection of hotels and restaurants.They planned everything according to our wish, which is that we wanted to...
Delicious French Meal During the Great Storm Outside
After visiting Sankyo Soko, we headed for the old house of the Honma family in Sakata in the Yamagata prefecture in Japan. The Honma family was the richest in this area, so much...
Watermelon
After enjoying our walk along the promenade and tasting the lovely ice cream in Italy, we headed back to our B&B. On the way, we found this stall selling only watermelon....
Take a nostalgic train from a faded station
During our stay in Lisbon, Portugal, we made an excursion to Evora in the Alentejo region. A few years ago, we travelled only to the Alentejo region and went to Evora, too, but...
