Argan oil and goats
In Marrakesh, Morocco, where the calendar is different, we celebrated the New Year without any festivities. Like the locals, we calmly checked out of our riad. We loaded our luggage into the car…
Essaouira
A modest New Year’s Eve
We returned to Marrakesh, Morocco. It happened to be New Year’s Eve. Since Morocco has a different calendar, there were no local events, but we wanted to do something memorable. On a whim,…
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…
The main attraction here
For our End of the Year and New Year’s trip to Morocco, we left Fez and headed to Casablanca. I wondered why the agent had planned such a roundabout itinerary, considering Casablanca is…
World largest waterwheel
There is the world largest working waterwheel in Laxey in Isle of Man. It is called The Great Laxey Wheel, but the official name is Lady Isabella. Isabella is the name…
Going up to Cathedral of San Giorgio
This is the continuation of our trip to Modica, Sicily, Italy. After quenching our thirst with a granita and taking a break, we headed to the city’s top tourist attraction, the Cathedral of…
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...
Gorgeous pendant
On the day we walked along the walking course in Toledo in my guide book, we went to Taller del Moro, but found that it was closed. So instead, we went into...
Eastern China Airlines
According to company’s official website, China Eastern Air Holding Company, headquartered in Shanghai, is one of the three largest major air transport companies in China. The company (formerly China Eastern Airlines established in 1988), was...
Finnish Dish
We asked the hotel receptionist to recommend some Finnish restaurants in Helsinki, as it was just about lunch time when we arrived there. She said “Aino is good. They are not so...
The Hotel in Nice
I chose this hotel after looking at a website, recommending it, but it was not really a 4 star hotel.The ventilator in the bathroom was broken, the telephone did not have a cord,...
Meat!
During our holiday in Calabria in southern Italy, we ate seafood everyday and by the end, I missed meat. So, when we went back to Milan, we looked for a good meat...
Ragusa at night
The town of Marina di Ragusa in the south of Sicily in Italy is a holiday resort whose population increase nearly 20 times in the summer. We stayed in this town...
how to get to Asinara Island
Our “living” in Alghero on Sardinia, Italy was already in the second half. On this day, we took a full day tour to Asinara, a small island at the northwestern tip of the...
