A disappointing riad
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…

Its only redeeming feature is its spaciousness
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…

Adda river
Milan

Adda river

We had an excursion to a riverside town called Trezzo sull’Adda, about 30 minutes away by car from Milan.The name of the river is Adda.It starts from Alps and flows through…

Stray dogs
Romania

Stray dogs

There are many stray dogs in Romania. They seemed to be fewer than 9 years ago when I visited this country for the first time, but still we saw many during this…

to Kashgar
Kashgar

To Kashgar

On the last day in Urumchi, the capital city in Xinjiang in China, we went back to the market and ate lamb meat buns and a huge soup with meatballs and dumplings….

miranda-friends
Eat Italian food in Tokyo
Miranda Friends

Eat Italian food in Tokyo

This is my friend, Bangly's posting. Usually when I travel I like to be totally absorbed in local customs, so I eat only local foods because foods are one of the forms of...
shopping
Talked with a woman at an amber stall
Shopping

Talked with a woman at an amber stall

At one end of the market, Kalnciems Fair which was held outside of old town of Riga, there was a stall where a woman was selling the rough stone of...
airlines
Emirates airlines
Airlines

Emirates airlines

Emirates is an airline based at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to the company’s official website, On 25th October 1985, Emirates flew its first routes out of Dubai with just two...
food
Japanese restaurant in Italy
Food

Japanese restaurant in Italy

In Italy, Japanese foods are popular, too.I went to a restaurant called ' Kokoro' in Sesto San Giovanni, just outside of Milan.This one serves fusion cooking between Italian and Japanese, run by a...
hotels
stayed in a B&B and had great seafood
Hotels

stayed in a B&B and had great seafood

We stayed in a B&B called Maison Fleurie in Pescara, a seaside town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy. B&B’s in England are usually bigger but ordinary residential houses where the...
food
Restaurant I can recommend
Restaurants

Restaurant I can recommend

When we arrived at Chiaravalle Abbey in Milan, it was just about the lunch time. So we went into one restaurant near the Abbey. The name was Locanda Chiaravalle. We did not...
food
Ishigaki beef, purple yam and Awamori
Food

Ishigaki beef, purple yam and Awamori

The first dinner we had in Ishigaki Island in Okinawa, Japan was the steak of Ishigaki beef. In the past, I only knew Kobe beef and Matsusaka beef and a couple more,...
transports
To Zemun by Bus
Transports

To Zemun by Bus

On the next day, we joined a tour to Zemun, a historic part of Belgrade in Serbia. We joined many tours during our short holiday in Serbia, which was good in...