A disappointing excursion to the Ourika Valley
A trip to the Ourika Valley was included in our itinerary from Marrakesh, Morocco. The Ourika Valley is a resort area located a little over an hour’s drive south of Marrakech. It’s a…
Marrakesh
That night
After a full day of sightseeing in Marrakesh, Morocco, we went to a bar called La Pergola where we could enjoy alcohol. As I’ve mentioned many times before, in Morocco, alcohol has been…
Madrasa and lunch
The last stop on our guided walking tour in Marrakesh, Morocco, was the Ben Youssuf Madrasa, a former religious school. Entry cost 50 dirhams (approximately 4.70 euros). Founded in the mid-16th century and…
The Church We Visited and the Ridiculous Barbershop
When we arrived at Praça do Comércio in Lisbon in Portugal, wedecided to look for the Castella cake shop, which we had been before, so that we could have a rest. We walked…
What is this??
We took the optional tour to visit Isle of Staffa, about 40 minutes sail by rather small fishing boat with about 80 other visitors, but the journey was definitely worth it! This land…
Jim Marshall, shop and plaque in London Ealing
This is a rare post written by my husband: Due to Covid in recent months, for almost a year now, I go out every day early in the morning to take a…
Excursion to Nara
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in Osaka we decided to go to Nara for one day. Nara was the first capital of Japan. It took us almost one hour...
Incidentally, Florence
After a trip to not well known towns in the Tuscany region of Italy, we returned to Florence. Our booked Freccia Rossa from Florence was just before 7pm, and we had a few...
Lufthansa Airlines
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (or simply Lufthansa) is the flag carrier of Germany and one of the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried and fleet size. Lufthansa was founded in 1926 in Berlin (the name was...
They are frogs
We went to a restaurant called Antica Trattoria Ferrari in Pavia, a town about 35 km south of Milan. A small waiter is working there with pride. I wanted to order something...
Thanks to our ‘angel’
We spent a whole month in February this year with my elderly mother in Japan. On this day, the whole family (mum, my sister and her husband and us) was supposed to travel...
Church, and then pizza
Seeing the Norman Palace, the most important tourist spot in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, I felt filled with satisfaction. However, we were late in starting our holiday because I was ill for a few...
Dynamic Traditional Dish
The first thing we did in Dresden in Germany was to eat. Because our hotel was in the middle of the Old Town, there were a lot of restaurants around there. We...
Nardo at night
That night, we went to Nardo, an old town which is about 17 km south of Porto Cesareo where we stayed in Salento region in Apulia in south Italy. I thought there...
