Chefchaouen
Riad was actually quite luxurious

Riad was actually quite luxurious

Chefchaouen, the blue city of Morocco, doesn’t have any particular sights to see; it’s a place to enjoy the town itself, so many tours seem to just visit briefly without staying overnight. However,...

Enjoying the scenery I wanted to see
Chefchaouen

Enjoying the scenery I wanted to see

Our next destination for our year-end trip to Morocco is the blue city, Chefchaouen. This is precisely why I decided to take this trip. There are several destinations I’ve always wanted to visit,…

Andalusian-style white town
Tétouan

Andalusian-style white town

During our year-end trip to Morocco, after leaving Tangier, we headed to Tétouan. Our car was stopped by the police twice along the way. Apparently, they randomly stop cars and check them all…

A sad Italian restaurant and a seedy bar
Tangier

A sad Italian restaurant and a seedy bar

That evening in Tangier, a port city in northern Morocco, we looked for a restaurant called Macondo, recommended by our local guide. We soon found it and headed in without hesitation. It was…

A fine hotel
Romania

A fine hotel

We stayed at Central Park Hotel in Sighisoara in Romania, which is located just outside of the wall. It is a very nice hotel. According to the leaflet in the room, this…

Factory tour
Ibaraki

Factory tour

While we were in Japan, my family organised the factory tour of Asahi Beer in Ibaraki. Of course the main purpose was the tasting in the end, but visiting the factory itself…

The church recommended by the tourist office
Palermo

The church recommended by the tourist office

On our staycation in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, the next day we went to see the church Chiesa di Santissimo Salvatore. My husband had been strongly recommended to go here when he went to…

miranda-friends
USSR, Moscow 1980 – 3
Miranda Friends

USSR, Moscow 1980 – 3

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. Walking around in Moscow, we were surprised to see no foods on the shelves in the supermarket, included the famous department store called Gum. But in the hotel we...
shopping
A big impulse shopping
Shopping

A big impulse shopping

After enjoying the museum in Chiprovtsi, a carpet-weaving town in northwestern Bulgaria, we returned to our hotel. I wanted to buy a kilim woven by the owner of the inn, Ilya’s mother, as...
airlines
Korean Air
Airlines

Korean Air

The air transport industry in Korea was initially formed with the establishment of Korea National Airlines (KNA), a private company in 1948. However, as a result of insufficient demand for air traffic, its inability to...
food
Cave restaurant
Food

Cave restaurant

After visiting Noravank monastery in Armenia, we went to a restaurant in a cave in this gorge. It was too simple to call a restaurant really. It was decorated with the...
hotels
The hotel which used to be a powder magazine
Hotels

The hotel which used to be a powder magazine

The old town of Monopoli, south Italy is surrounded by the wall with a lot of cannons on top of it.I stayed a hotel just inside the wall called Hotel Don Ferrante.It opened...
food
But still, seafood
Restaurants

But still, seafood

During our  summer holiday in the town of Agios Nikolaos on the Greek island of Crete, we decided to relax on this day as it was a day of rest. That’s the great...
food
Visiting Yahiko Shrine, after eating manju
Food

Visiting Yahiko Shrine, after eating manju

We ate Omokaru-manju, Japanese style bun, before going into Yahiko Shrine in Niigata, because my friend recommended this manju from Kameya shop.There were three tastes, soya sauce, brown sugar and sesame.I wanted to try...
transports
Punting in Canterbury
Transports

Punting in Canterbury

The name of the river running through Canterbury in the south of England is the River Stour. It is a narrow river like a canal, and on the river they were offering...