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…
Marvelous collection
If I only heard “Church Art Museum”, I would not have got interested, but because I saw some photos of its exhibits in a leaflet introducing Zadar, Croatia, I definitely wanted…
A Monkey
This is a statue of a monkey located at one end of the Old Bridge (Alte Brucke) in the old town in Heidelberg, Germany. According to the leaflet I got from the tourist…
What we learned
I continue about the Ainu Museum in Shiraoi in Hokkaido, Japan. In the museum site, there were some re-created traditional houses. In one of them, we could try wearing their costume, which…
JR Rail Pass
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. This time the destination of my travel was Japan. I did not have the time to settle myself down in Tokyo in the house of my close...
Accessory of leaves
I found this accessory in the main street in Alberobello, southern Italy. These are real leaves and gold and silver are on top of it to make it solid. The name of the...
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand‘s story began in April 1940 when its forerunner airline, Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) was incorporated. The route network was expanded from Australia and the Pacific to Asia, the USA, the UK...
Rich yoghurt
Burgarian yoghurt is famous, but in Turkey, which is situated next door, yoghurt is eaten a lot, too. When we stopped for the toilet break between Pamukkale and Konya, I tried the special...
A room with the view
Then, we came back to Lisbon where we had started our journey. This time we stayed in a hotel on the hill called Olissippo. The classically decorated room was nice and spacious, but...
Surprised
In Kiev it seemed not very many restaurants which you can have a good meal easily. Restaurants may be the place only for the special occasions for people there. Every restaurant had decorative...
Simple Lunch on the Seashore of Anaga
Anaga Natural Park in Tenerife, in Spain, is as large as 14,419 hectares. There are over 120 kinds of endemic plants and animals there, apparently. The jugged mountains are the centre of...
Train journey in Poland
In Poland, we went to Gdansk from Warsaw by train. It departed from the underground platform in Warsaw Central Station. While we were waiting at the platform for the 11:20am train, there...
