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…
Essaouira
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,…
A disappointing excursion to the Ourika Valley
A trip to the Ourika Valley was included in our itinerary from Marrakesh, Morocco. The Ourika Valley is a resort area located a little over an hour’s drive south of Marrakech. It’s a…
Learning Tango
I have already talked about the tango show we saw in Buenos Aires in Argentina. We learned a couple of tango steps there and because we enjoyed it so much, we both…
See the tango
We went to see the Piazzolla Tango Show in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The theatre was not very big, but had a very nice art deco style. It was possible to have a…
St. Lazarus Church
The next destination in the tour was Larnaca, a town in the south east of Cyprus. This place used to be called Kition. Here, there is St. Lazarus Church, which was built…
JR Rail Pass
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. This time the destination of my travel was Japan. I did not have the time to settle myself down in Tokyo in the house of my close...
The Atmospheric Hotel and The Historic Miso Shop in Kakunodate
We stayed in “Tamachi Bukeyashiki Hotel” in Kakunodate in Akita prefecture in Japan. Their catchphrase is “the traditional warehouse-style hotel, surrounded by the black Kuroitabei (black wooden wall)”. As they say, the...
Iberia
Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A., commonly known as Iberia, is the flag carrier airline of Spain. Based in Madrid, it operates an international network of services from its main bases of Madrid-Barajas Airport and...
Ate too much
We went to a restaurant called Taverna Toscana in Sansepolcro in Italy, which was recommended by the hotel manager. This is a butcher as well and they say that if you want...
The beginning of our ‘workation’ in Edinburgh
We came to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Both of us have completed the second Covid vaccination and are now active. Going abroad is still restricted, so we decided to start in the...
Olhao
On the last day of our short holiday in the Algarve in south Portugal, we went to a seaside town called Olhao. The Portuguese pronunciation is difficult. The taxi driver pronounced Olhao...
Excellent ale
We had a rest in a pub in Chipping Campden in Cotswolds, England. The pub served foods, but because we had to go further, we just had a half pint of local...
the train journey from Lanzhou
On the last day in Lanzhou, the city with the Yellow River in China, we went to Baitashan Park. On the way, we came across a limousine to Haneda Airport in Tokyo....
