An astonishing number of boats
We arrived in Essaouira, a port town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. We parted ways with our driver, Youssuf, just before reaching the port, and went for a stroll. On this New…
Essaouira
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…
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,…
Sunset and music
The last destination of Santorini inland tour was Oia. This is the famous place with its sunset. After a short walk in the town, when we arrived at the west edge, there were…
Pella
Our Ancient Macedonia tour went into Macedonia region of Greece from Macedonia as a country. Macedonia and Greece are still fighting about this name, so Macedonia Republic is often called officially with the adjective…
Rosslyn Chapel
Another destination for our short holiday to Edinburgh was Rosslyn Chapel, which is just outside of the city. The reason why this smallish chapel suddenly became a world famous tourist destination was…
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,...
beads of Murano
Every time we go to Murano in Venice, we end up buying some glass products. Not only jewelleries, but one time we stretched our budget to buy a colourful vase. When I...
Lufthansa Airlines
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (or simply Lufthansa) is the flag carrier of Germany and one of the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried and fleet size. Lufthansa was founded in 1926 in Berlin (the name was...
Three Crows
This is a ravioli dish I had in a restaurant facing the port in Genoa. Inside is sea-bass and the sauce was made of crab. Excellent! The name of the restaurant is Tre...
Hotel in Rome
We stayed in #Hotel Portoghesi in the historical part of #Rome.It is a three star hotel, but they renovated an old building very nicely and our room had a good atmosphere including...
the town of Barichara and an Italian restaurant
Barichara in Colombia is very very pretty. If I have a chance to visit the country again, I want to go back there. And if I can go back to Barichara, I...
Pink Tank, the nuclear shelter and the sausages
After visiting the castle in Brno in Czech Republic, we went to see the Pink Tank located in Komenskiy Square. This was introduced during the walking tour, too. This tank was moved from Prague for...
An old man, the lifesaver for us
After getting full at a restaurant in Poggibonsi, a modest town in the Tuscany region of Italy, we were at a loss as to what to do, but in the end we decided...
