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…
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…
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,…
Opera in Oslo
A friend of mine had told me that the opera house in Oslo is worth a look, so before going there we booked tickets for a performance. Everything in Norway is…
The supermarket in Alghero and the night scene
As I said earlier, our stay in Alghero in Sardinia in Italy was for ‘worcation’, so we cook for ourselves, too. Therefore we went to a supermarket on the first day. The…
Raining hard at Lake Balaton
We went to Lake Balaton for the first time. It is famous for its beauty and Hungarian people spend their holidays here, but unfortunately when we were there, the weather was awful. I…
Stay in a Ryokan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In the touristic town of Kotohira, in Kagawa prefecture, I stayed one night in a tipical Japanese hotel (Ryokan), called Tsuruya. My Japanese friend Shogo, who accompanied...
Myth and accessory
On the second day of our trip in Basque country in Spain, we went to San Sebastian by bus. When we were walking towards the old town, I found a lovely...
All Nippon Airways
According to company’s official website, in December 1952, Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transports Co., Ltd was established with the goal of restoring regular air transportation services disrupted by WW II. The company started a helicopter...
Appreciate fresh shellfish
Early in January, we had a short family trip to Iseshima in Japan. I do not mean that we payed a visit to the Ise Shrine, which would be very very crowded in...
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...
very good dinner in Dartmoor
This was our second visit to Dartmoor National Park in Devon in south west England. This time it was a gathering for a club that our friend organise and we visited his...
Italian magic
I came back to Italy.Last time, it was bitterly cold, but now the sun is out and the sky is wonderful blue.Soon after landing, I started feeling happiness, but the crucial moment came...
A diversity of Europe
I took a local train from Zermatt to Brig in Switzerland.And then I took an express train back to Milan in Italy.Soon after we left Brig, there were a range of long tunnels...
