Fez
Walking through the souk

Walking through the souk

The medina of Fez, Morocco, is said to be one of the world’s largest labyrinthine old cities. The impression is that most of it is a souk (market). Although it is divided into...

Fez

Serious Hassan

Our second day in Fez, Morocco, was packed with sightseeing. At 10:00 AM, our local guide, Hassan, picked us up at our riad. Unlike our guide in Tangier, he was a humble, serious,…

Fez

It was supposed to be a chaotic town, but…

We arrived in Fez, one of Morocco‘s major cities. First, we drove through the new city, which seemed like a very orderly metropolis. Here too, we stayed in a riad located in the…

India

Ceremony at the border

After arriving at Amritsar in India by train, we went to see a ceremony at a border village called Wagah. The other side is Pakistan. This crest in this photo is a…

Écija

A library and a mansion

The next day, we checked out the inn in Ecija in the Andalusia region of Spain, left our luggage, and went for a walk. This inn, Casa en el Centro, cost 50 euros…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

The beautiful town of Akashi

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. On the second day in Osaka, after breakfast, we met a Japanese friend who lives here. His name is Mr. Okazawa and he became our guide. We...
shopping
Shopping

Coral in Sardinia

When we were walking in the streets of the old town of Alghero in Sardinia in Italy, we noticed that many shops were selling coral jewellery. According to our guidebook and our research on the...
airlines
Airlines

Finnair

Finnair Plc is the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland with its headquarters in Vantaa and its main hub at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. According to company’s official web site, Finnair is one of world’s oldest...
food
Food

Delicious food that looks bad for you

I continue talking about our journey in Spain during the year-end and New Year holidays. The next day, we left Extremadura and went to Salamanca by bus. Salamanca is a university town described...
hotels
Hotels

Literally a room with a view

In Florence, Italy, we stayed at Hotel degli Orafi along the river Arno. It seems to be a well-known hotel, and I just gave the name to the driver of the taxi which...
food
Restaurants

Enjoyed Chilean wine in a stylish restaurant

In the evening of our first day in Santiago in Chile, we went to a restaurant our tour leader recommended as the best place to enjoy Chilean wine. At first, we were...
food
Food

Very good lunch

The tour in Tinos took us to lunch soon after the first visit to the church, probably thinking “an army marches on its stomach”.Where we went was a restaurant in a village...
transports
Transports

Talk with seasoned Gondolier

This time in Venice, I took a gondola as soon as possible before rain started.I enjoy a gondola ride every time I come to the city.It is very nice and romantic to see the...