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 traffic that...

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…

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…

South Korea

Namdaemun, the ultimate market

 Before leaving Korea, we went to Namdaemun Market in Seoul. We have seen many shopping area in Korea by now, but this was the ultimate one. In one leather shop, when I said ‘oh,…

Italy

Gorgeous cathedral in Parma

We went to Parma in Italy which is famous for its ham and cheese. Our main purpose to visit there was the food, too, but we had a walk around the town…

Sorrento

We found a good restaurant nearby

On the day we arrived in Sorrento in southern Italy, it was 4pm, which was an odd time, but we were hungry, so we searched for restaurants that were open. Fortunately, a nearby…

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Miranda Friends

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...
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Shopping

Shopping in Brasov

You can enjoy shopping in Brasov in Romania, which is a quite big city. This photo is the blouse of their national costume, which I bought there. It is hand embroidered. Actually,...
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Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey, headquartered at Atatūrk Airport in Istanbul. According to company’’s official website, on 20th may 1933, the “State Airlines Administration” operating under the supervision of the...
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Food

Beer Garden

One of the main pleasures of a holiday in Germany is a beer garden. We spend a nice time in a beer garden on the Elbe riverbank in Dresden. Maybe because it...
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Hotels

The view from the hotel

This time, we stayed in a hotel called Hotel du Lac in Gardone Riviera on the shore of Lake Garda. It is a three star hotel and the room was very basic, but...
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Restaurants

Because it is Near Naples

If you look at a map, Sorrento, where we stayed, is very close to Naples. Naples is famous as the birthplace of contemporary pizza. Many people from Naples make pizzas all over...
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Food

Food market

The last place we visited in our Tuscany trip was Citta di Castello in Umbria. We went there because we had heard it is a beautiful place, but when we went into...
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Transports

Eating Cevapi and Boat Trip

When we were walking in Mihailova Street, the main street in Belgrade in Serbia, we saw some people selling tickets for the boat trip on the Sava River and Danube River...