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…
Marrakesh
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…
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…
Redeveloped area in pastel colour
The next day, we returned to the capital Lisbon from Oporto in northern Portugal. Our stay in Portugal for more than two weeks was towards the end. I said goodbye to the city…
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….
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…
Moscow-USSR-4
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. There were some small things that impressed me in Moscow, because things were different from the west: One of these was that the newspapers were basically free and a...
as soon as we arrived in Sado Island, we went shopping
We had a short trip to Sado Island in Japan with a friend of ours from my high school. It was our first time to visit there. It was a smooth journey...
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,...
Food market
The last place we visited in our Tuscany trip was Citta di Castello in Umbria. We went there because we had heard it is a beautiful place, but when we went into...
About Our Last Meal in Lisbon and Our Hotel
We were planning to have our last meal in Lisbon in Portugal this time at the seafood restaurant called Marisqueira do Lis, which was recommended by the guide of our private tour...
the accommodation in Looe and the restaurant we went after 4 and a half months
After about five and a half hours journey by train from London, we finally arrived in Looe, the seaside town in Cornwall in the south western England. As soon as we...
Eat a sausage in Rynek Glowny
Before forgetting all, I would like to write about my travel in the past. First, Krakow in Poland I went in May 2009 with a friend of mine. I remember that because the...
Rickshaw
The highlight of our stay in Delhi was the rickshaw ride.This was real transport system for people living there, not like in Japan where rickshaws are for tourists.They pulled it by bicycle.We...
