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,…
The Grave of Makarios in Cyprus
The second place we visited on the tour to the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus was the grave of their Founding Father, Makarios III. It is located 1,200 metres above sea level and we had to…
Given up
The next high place we aimed at was the Eiffel Tower in my Paris trip whose theme was to go up. But again we had to give up. Partly because one of the…
What I learned on the boat
After a delicious lunch on Procida, a small island in southern Italy, we boarded a tourist boat that departed from the port in front of us. That said, it was a small boat…
The small town of Kotohira
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. The first stop of my travel in Kagawa prefecture in Japan was Kotohira city. During day time this city is very busy because it is located on...
two hours’ free time in Uglich
Our tour in Uglich in Russia finished in the Kremlin and we had some free time. On the spot where our group dissolved, there were photo service huts that let you wear...
American Airlines
On the morning of April 15, 1926, a young aviator named Charles A. Lindbergh stowed a bag of mail in his little DH-4 biplane and took off from Chicago for St. Louis. Later that day,...
A Lesson about Tapas
This photo was taken in Cordoba and it is a tapa of prawn, which was very good. But before that I asked for the set of tapas, which was not that great with...
To Riga
We had a short holiday in Riga in Latvia, one of the three Baltic countries. This was one of the places I always wanted to go, but there was a reason why ...
Meal at Piraeus Port
A friend of ours came back from visiting the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, and we went out together to a restaurant in Piraeus Port. My husband found this restaurant online and we...
Nizza Monferrato
On the day we went to Piedmont with my Japanese friend, after eating a great lunch, we moved on to Nizza Monferrato. She read a novel recently that was set in this...
arrived in Montreal by train and ate Italian dishes
I continue talking about our summer holiday in Canada. On the next day, after staying four nights in Quebec City, we headed for Montreal by train. The railway station in Quebec...
