Assilah
Quiet White Maze

Quiet White Maze

On our second day in Morocco, we left Rabat and headed north along the Atlantic coast to Assilah. When we entered the motorway, we passed through the toll booth using a system similar...

Rabat

The pub housed in a boat

After checking into our riad in Rabat, Morocco, we took a nap. That was because we’d been up at 3 AM that day. Waking up, we headed outside. The friendly riad staff recommended…

Rabat

Our accommodations were riad

On this trip to Morocco, we stayed at a riad almost every night. The same goes for our first night in Morocco in Rabat. We arrived at Riad Gyo, located just around the…

Rabat

The kasbah and the lunch

Our next stop in Rabat, Morocco, was Oudaya Kasbah. A kasbah is a former fortress with a small, inhabited town inside. This kasbah apparently dates back to the 12th century, after which people…

Apulia

The Trulli town, Alberobello

This Easter, we had a holiday in Puglia, south Italy with my family. The first destination was the famous Alberobello. There are about 1500 Trullo houses (Trulli in plural) here and the view is…

Paphos

This never happened before

For our Cyprus holiday, we booked the flight and the hotel through online travel agency. When we arrived at the hotel in Paphos, nobody was at the reception, so we called out…

Bristol

Hot air balloon in Bristol: the first part

Bristol, the city in the south west England, is a mecca of hot air balloon flights. Every August, they have the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta with more than 100 balloons going up…

miranda-friends
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
Shopping

Eyeball Art

While walking through the old town of Lyon, France, a shop caught my eye. At first, I didn’t know what it was, so we just walked past, thinking maybe they sold natural stones....
airlines
Airlines

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...
food
Food

Enjoyed the fresh seafood

In the seaside town of Otranto in southern Italy, we enjoyed fresh seafood. In the first evening, we went to a restaurant called L’altro Baffo, which was recommended not only the hotel...
hotels
Hotels

Staying in a hotel in the city

The second night in Kanazawa, we stayed in a hotel called Kanazawa Hakuchouro. The room is western, but they have Japanese style hot spring baths and the atmosphere of the hall and the...
food
Restaurants

A Trendy Street in Milan

This is a view of Corso Como in Milan. A very trendy street with a fashionable shop and restaurant at No.10. I had a sophisticated lunch there with a friend of mine. It...
food
Food

Big fat oysters

I went to Oumicho Market in Kanazawa. There are lots of good looking seafood including these big oysters. I noticed the label saying that you can eat them there. The prices are different...
transports
Transports

Excursion to Uruguay

We went on an excursion to Uruguay from Buenos Aires in Argentina. I had never thought of going to another country, but we learned that it is easy to get there by...