Marrakesh

A disappointing riad

Our Morocco trip has finally reached Marrakesh, our final base. Marrakesh is the most bustling and chaotic city we’ve visited so far. As we entered the city, the traffic was extremely chaotic. Motorcycles…

Casablanca

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…

Italy

Very nice Gnocco Fritto

This is the photo of Gnocco Fritto which was very good. Gnocco Fritto is a sort of fried bread which is mainly eaten in Emilia Romagna in Italy. It is called …

Japan

Shopping street

We had a walk along the shopping streets in Otaru in Japan after having enjoyed sushi. The street with many souvenir shops is called Sakaimachi-dori. Our guidebook shows the details of each…

Lisbon

To spend the year-end and New Year holidays

We spent the year-end and New Year holidays in Portugal. We are much more free than last year when we couldn’t go anywhere because of the Covid-19 crisis. This is thanks to the…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Japanese whisky

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I like whisky very much. Since I was a boy I have appreciated European whiskies, especially Irish and Scottish. Because I knew that Japan produces good whiskies,...
shopping
Shopping

Shopping in the Disappointing Puerto de la Cruz

We left La Laguna, the old capital of Tenerife in Spain, which was a lovely place that exceeded our expectations and moved to Puerto de la Cruz, the second place we stayed on the island....
airlines
Airlines

Air India

Air India is India’s national flag carrier. Although air transport was born in India on February 18, 1911 when Henri Piquet, flying a Humber bi-plane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini Junction, some six miles...
food
Food

They eat very well there

When I told my Italian friends that I was going to Puglia, south Italy, they all said ' si mangia bene'.It means something like 'they eat very well there'.The first meal we had in...
hotels
Hotels

The First Hotel in Seville

The first hotel in Seville was called Vincci La Rabida.As soon as I enter the hall, I remembered the hotel in Trinidad in Cuba, maybe because of the lounge in well-hole style.Well, I...
food
Restaurants

The skillful young chef, Toshiro

In Vercelli, a town in Piedmont, Italy, we had lunch at a restaurant called Ristorante Le Risaie. As usual, my husband found the restaurant on the internet, and the name of the chef...
food
Food

Lobsters in Rockport

We took a one day excursion from Boston, USA to Rockport which is about 64 km north east of Boston. We went to North Station in Boston by the subway from the...
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Transports

Long escalator which made me dizzy

The escalator at metro in Kiev is endlessly long. The metro must be running very deep place. When we went up the escalator I felt a phobia. Because it is so long that...