Inside a modern, massive mosque
The tour of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, has begun. The young man who guided us in English was very capable and interesting. Hassan II was the father of the current…
Casablanca
The main attraction here
For our End of the Year and New Year’s trip to Morocco, we left Fez and headed to Casablanca. I wondered why the agent had planned such a roundabout itinerary, considering Casablanca is…
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…
Imprisonment for fare-free riding
After spending a much more fulfilling time than I expected at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, we wondered how to get back to the city. We asked the friendly guy at the…
Gorgeous university
On the last day of our holiday in Portugal, we finally managed to get to the old university in Coimbra. It is broadly accepted that this university was founded on the 1…
The strange mushroom
On the day we spent whole day in Seville, the capital of the Andalusian region of Spain, we walked all the way to Plaza de la Encarnacion. There is a strange building here….
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...
one day in Isfahan (part 2)
In Isfahan, the ancient capital in Iran, we walked towards Vank Church from our hotel after lunch. On the way, we came across a carpet shop. I popped in just to see...
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...
Seafood Meze
After enjoying the motorboat ride in Paphos in Cyprus, we went to a restaurant the boatman recommended. We chose Seafood Meze. Meze is a set of small dishes like Spanish Tapas and...
the hotel on the island
The hotel we stayed on the island of Isla Grande in Colombia was the Hotel San Pedro de Majagua. Apparently it used to be a house of a French painter. If I...
Amsterdam after six years
We visited Amsterdam in the Netherlands for the first time in six years. As everyone knows, Dutch people are so big, which I realised strongly last time, and this time, too, at...
Retsina wine in Santorini
Our hotel in Santorini in Greece had the exclusive terrace, so one night we decided to spend a quiet evening with a bottle of wine. Generally Santorini is expensive, but there are ordinary supermarkets with...
another disaster in Paris
We were planning to see a ballet and an opera in Paris as well as visiting our friends in Fontainebleau in France this time. But all of them were cancelled. That is...
