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…
Tétouan
The beautiful riad
We stayed at Riad la Maison Blanche in Tangier, an old port city in northern Morocco. On this trip, most of our accommodations were riads (traditional old mansions converted into hotels), and the…
Accompanied by a local guide
After Assilah in northern Morocco, our next stop was Tangier. We stayed overnight here. First, we visited the Caves of Hercules, which we had no interest in, and the nearby lighthouse (where the…
Too cold
After visiting Kornati National Park, the boat anchored on a shore of one island, which was out of the park. Then we had the quite substantial lunch. After that, it was…
The best restaurant in the town
The Carabinieri who helped us in Tuscany in Italy asked us if we had eaten lunch. We told them that because of the trouble we had, we missed it. Although it…
Regent Street’s X’mas illuminations changed at last
The Chiristmas illuminations in main streets in London get lighting in November. The most noticeable one this year is the illuminations of Regent street. It has been the same one last 4 years, but…
Stay in a Ryokan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In the touristic town of Kotohira, in Kagawa prefecture, I stayed one night in a tipical Japanese hotel (Ryokan), called Tsuruya. My Japanese friend Shogo, who accompanied...
Pendant of the Byzantine Era
This is the pendant I bought in Lefkara village in Cyprus. This village is famous for its lace making, but their silverwork has got a long history, too. Once upon a time,...
Emirates airlines
Emirates is an airline based at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to the company’s official website, On 25th October 1985, Emirates flew its first routes out of Dubai with just two...
Enjoy local food
We went to Esslingen am Neckar from Stuttgart, Germany, where we were staying. Recently, we’ve always been travelling on a whim, but this time I did a little preparation and made notes on...
The wonderful spiral staircase
In Genova, I stayed in Bristol Palace Hotel.When I was checking in, I looked up and found this magnificent staircase.This is very European traditional hotel with very spacious room and the nicely patterned...
Finally ate pizza
One of the days during our stay type summer holiday in Syracuse, Sicily, we went out to eat pizza in the evening after finishing our work. The other day, we went to a...
Orecchietta
Orecchietta is a pasta which people in Puglia in south Italy often eat. Orecchio means a ear in Italian and this pasta looks like a small ear. This photo was taken in a...
voyage on Delta
We went through the waterways on the Delta where the Parana River merges with La Plata River in the suburbs of Buenos Aires in Argentina on the sight seeing boat for about...
