Marrakesh
And so the journey comes to an end

And so the journey comes to an end

Our year-end trip to Morocco has finally come to an end. By the time we returned to Marrakesh from our excursion to Essaouira, it was already getting dark, and we were caught in...

An astonishing number of boats
Essaouira

An astonishing number of boats

We arrived in Essaouira, a port town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. We parted ways with our driver, Youssuf, just before reaching the port, and went for a stroll. On this New…

Argan oil and goats
Essaouira

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…

20,000 steps in the Cotswolds
Cotswolds

20,000 steps in the Cotswolds

We were invited by our friends for a walking tour in the Cotswolds, the beautiful area in the middle of England. I have been there many times, but it was the first…

Cathedral and espadrilles
Barcelona

Cathedral and espadrilles

On this Sunday, the cathedral in Barcelona, Spain can only be visited in the afternoon. And they were selling only the tickets which were combined with the museum, which cost €15 per person….

Regular holiday makers
Liguria

Regular holiday makers

I like joining any boat trips for tourists.Here in Portovenere, I took one, too.The weather turned wonderful, the sea was beautiful, and the scenery was excellent.I heard the fellow tourists saying that they…

miranda-friends
A Restaurant, Europe and Japan together
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...
airlines
JAL Japan Airlines
Airlines

JAL Japan Airlines

JAL Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) (Nihon Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, in Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and...
food
Orange salad
Food

Orange salad

At lunch time, I went into a restaurant, just next to the fish market in Catania, Sicily. Of course the fresh sea-foods were excellent, but for me the orange salad was amazing. This...
hotels
Wajima Onsen
Hotels

Wajima Onsen

On the first day in Noto Peninsula in Japan, we stayed in the ryokan (Japanese style hotel) called Yshio, which was booked by my family. The room had western style beds, which...
transports
the scene on the train and about the Ryokan
Hotels

the scene on the train and about the Ryokan

We went to Jigokudani in Nagano prefecture in Japan to see Japanese Monkeys. First, we took the Shinkansen, the bullet train, to Nagano station. Then we changed to Nagano Electric Railway to...