The pub housed in a boat
After checking into our riad in Rabat, Morocco, we took a nap. That was because we’d been up at 3 AM that day. Waking up, we headed outside. The friendly riad staff recommended…
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Our accommodations were riad
On this trip to Morocco, we stayed at a riad almost every night. The same goes for our first night in Morocco in Rabat. We arrived at Riad Gyo, located just around the…
The kasbah and the lunch
Our next stop in Rabat, Morocco, was Oudaya Kasbah. A kasbah is a former fortress with a small, inhabited town inside. This kasbah apparently dates back to the 12th century, after which people…
Walk in Yanaka
After visitin Asakura Museum of Sculpture, we had a walk around Yanaka area in Tokyo. The damage from Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 and WW2 was relatively small in this area, so…
People in the snowy country
In the morning of the day we left Niigata, the outside view was totally white. The rain yesterday turned into snow. From now on, they would have snow almost every day. The long snowy…
Walking in Thessaloniki
One day, we walked in Thessaloniki in Greece without the group tour people, just following the suggestion in my guide book. First we went up to Kastro to look over the city and then…
Osaka castle
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. One of the most important touristic attraction in the city of Osaka is its castle. It was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the three people who...
taking the sand of Prince Edward Island back home
On the second day on Prince Edward Island in Canada, we were going to do the taxi tour on the island. The driver, Billy, whom we had met the day before...
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...
dishes of Rome
We got up very early again, this time to go to Rome. This was the first time I had been to Fiumicino Airport in Rome in 35 years, though we went through there for transit...
To Oslo
We went to Oslo in Norway for the first time during the Spring Bank Holiday towards the end of May. Oslo was one of the remaining capital cities we had never...
About the restaurant this time
This time, we made a reservation at a French restaurant called Birdies in Whitstable, the seaside town in southeast England. We were attracted to this restaurant facing Harbour Street, the town’s main street...
Gratin in Pavia
A married couple we’re friends with came from London, so we spent two nights touring around the areas close to our home in Northern Italy. We were allowed to plan the itinerary, so we...
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...
