Tangier
The beautiful riad

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...

Tangier

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…

Assilah

Today’s lunch and the mystery of the plate

After exploring medina of Assilah, a coastal town in Morocco, it was time for lunch. We went to the restaurant recommended by our driver, Youssuf. The restaurant, called Dar Al Maghrebia, is located…

Assilah

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…

Akita

About Namahage

The strong typhoon passed during the night and the next morning in Sakata in the Yamagata prefecture in Japan was fine. We got up early and took the 7:55am train to Akita. This…

Stuttgart

Seeking Schweinshaxe

As soon as we arrived in Stuttgart, Germany, we got off the train and headed to a restaurant called Paulaner am alten Postplatz. When we got there, it was a wooden restaurant that…

Seville

As for flamenco, we just went to the museum

Speaking of Andalusia in Spain, it is a mecca for flamenco. Since we came to this region, flamenco was definitely one of the things we wanted to see, but this time we settled…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

A Restaurant, Europe and Japan together

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I read recently that in Italy some restaurants that serve mix of Italian and Japanese cookings. In Osaka, in Japan, I had the opportunity to have a...
shopping
Shopping

Stroll in La Alberca

After reaching the summit of the Sierra de Francia, a scenic mountainous area in the province of Salamanca in western Spain, we visited La Alberca, which is said to be a typical village...
airlines
Airlines

British Airways

British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. According to the company’s official web site, on 25 August 1919, British...
food
Food

BHV

We went into a cafe restaurant near Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris for lunch. I had some quiche, which was not bad, but very expensive. You have to avoid the tourist area for eating,...
hotels
Hotels

Hotel in Rome

We stayed in #Hotel Portoghesi in the historical part of #Rome.It is a three star hotel, but they renovated an old building very nicely and our room had a good atmosphere including...
food
Restaurants

a relaxing day in Looe

In the morning of the third day in Looe, the seaside town in Cornwall in south western England, I had ordered pancake for breakfast and got astonished to find that it...
food
Food

At an Enoteca

It continued raining even after we arrived in Alghero in Sardinia in Italy and it was really pouring when we got off the bus from Bosa. First, we had to find...
transports
Transports

Run full speed on the sea at night

Yalta was in full swing at night. We had a walk along the promenade and found that the speed boat was just about to go. So we decided to have a...