The nature of Colico and a simple restaurant
For lunch that day, we had a reservation at Trattoria Posallo, a restaurant on the outskirts of Colico, a town at the northern end of Lake Como in northern Italy. As usual, my…
Paris
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…
Excellent restaurants and walking tours of the medina
After strolling around the harbour in Essaouira, a town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, we looked for a restaurant called Restaurant Du Coeur in town. Restaurant Du Coeur is a seafood restaurant….
Traffic Lights
Before coming to Germany, we looked at the weather forecast, which said that the first three days would be hot and sunny and then it would become cloudy and cold. I prepared…
Country’s No.1 attraction, Sagrada Familia
On the last day in Barcelona, Spain, we left our luggage at the hotel and walked to Sagrada Familia, a famous church designed by Gaudi. As I wrote before, when I walked…
From Palanga Airport to Klaipeda
We visited Lithuania for the first time at the end of September. We did not go to Vilnius, the capital, but went to Klaipeda which is on the Baltic coast. We had…
USSR, Moscow 1980 – 3
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. Walking around in Moscow, we were surprised to see no foods on the shelves in the supermarket, included the famous department store called Gum. But in the hotel we...
The only shopping we did in this holiday
In Gjirokaster, an old town in Albania, we stayed at a hotel near the bustling city centre, where shops were lined up like a bazaar. The hotel was called Hotel Argjiro. It seems...
I treated myself to the expensive tea.
In the Taipei group tour, 'tea seminar' was included.Tea is Taiwan's well known speciality.We got explanation and tasting of a few kinds of tea including oolong tea.The most attractive one was Puer Tea, which...
Its only redeeming feature is its spaciousness
In Casablanca, Morocco, we stayed in a regular hotel for the first time on this trip. Up until then (and going forward), we had always stayed in riads. The hotel was the Melliber...
we found another gem
In Lombardy in northern Italy, there is an area called Franciacorta, which is famous for wine, especially sparkling wine. we went to a restaurant here In the small town of Monticelli Brusati,...
Moravian cuisine and fireworks
We went to Moravia region in Czech Republic around the time of Spring Bank Holiday in late May. The capital city, Prague is in Bohemia region and Moravia is the eastern...
Journey to the hotel
On our last two trips to Paris, France, we encountered a lot of troubles in a row, including demonstrations and a general strike, but this was our third time lucky and we were...
