Inside a modern, massive mosque
The tour of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, has begun. The young man who guided us in English was very capable and interesting. Hassan II was the father of the current…
Casablanca
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…
That evening’s walk
After a thorough sightseeing tour of Fez, Morocco, we took a stroll through the medina surrounding our riad that evening. Ideally, we wanted to descend the hill and return to the more traditional…
Marathon competition at night
When I got out of a restaurant after dinner, I saw people gathering.At this time of the night, they were holding a marathon competition.It is an unusual one.Every minute, one team with three…
The aquarium, full of fun
We visited Toba Aquarium in Iseshima, Japan. Originally we planned to be there just for a while, but in the end we spent nearly a half day there. The most interesting thing was the…
Winchester Cathedral
When I said to my husband “Shall we go to Winchester?”, the city in the south of England, he started singing a song. I did not know this song, but apparently it…
Relaxed in a Jazz bar in Kobe
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Our friend Okazawa-san accompanied us in Kobe city. It is only half an hour by train from Osaka. Kobe is a city near the mountain and the...
A lovely embroidery shop whose name I forgot
As I mentioned before, the folk dance costumes we saw in Dubrovnik in Croatia were really cute. So I searched online and went to a local shop that specialises in embroidery such as...
Air China
According to company’s official web site, Air China Limited (“Air China”) and its predecessor, the former Air China, were founded in 1988. According to the “Civil Aviation System Reform Program” which was approved and passed...
Sea urchin
After we enjoyed the night view in Hakodate, it was the time for dinner.We went to the restaurant called “Uni Murakami” which I had already chosen from our guide book by taxi.The...
Homely hotel
The German gem stone town called Idar-Oberstein is divided into two areas, Idar and Oberstein. Our hotel was in Oberstein side near the railway station. The name is City Hotel Garni. It seemed...
Eat Before Visiting the Palace of Venaria
We visited the Palace of Venaria in Piedmont in Italy as a day trip from Milan. It is located close to Turin and it is the palace for the House of Savoy,...
Very Good Lunch and Confetti
Now it was lunch time in Sulmona, a town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy. Our guide, Guido, took us to a restaurant called Il Vecchio Muro, which he had been...
the restaurant in Saint Petersburg
On the third day in Saint Petersburg in Russia, after coming back to the boat from the Catherine Palace, I changed clothes and we went to the restaurant we found on the...
