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,…
Essaouira
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…
That night
After a full day of sightseeing in Marrakesh, Morocco, we went to a bar called La Pergola where we could enjoy alcohol. As I’ve mentioned many times before, in Morocco, alcohol has been…
Local beer everywhere
In the island of Mando, I thought there was nothing other than the nature, but I found something special, which is the local beer. Well, the beer itself was not that special, but…
Genuine Bolognese
Because I felt like eating an authentic Bolognese, we went to Bologna, in Italy. We searched the internet for a good restaurant with a good reputation and found one called Antica Torattoria…
Dining at a restaurant for the first time in a long time
In England, long lockdown regulations have been gradually relaxed, and eating out is finally allowed. At this point when we were in Brighton, we were still limited to outdoor tables, but for us…
In Moscow 1980
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we landed at the Moscow airport in April 1980, at the passport control we we found the officials wearing uniforms, with no smiles or no expressions. They looked...
National stone of Argentina
The things I was looking forward to in Argentina was not only meat, but also the pink gemstone called Rhodochrosite.
Alitalia
Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. (Italian Air Company), operating as Alitalia, is the flag carrier and national airline of Italy, which took over the name, the landing rights, many planes and some other assets from the...
Georgia is the Birthplace of Wine
I continue talking about our sightseeing tour in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia. We walked down from the hill where the Nariqala Fortress is situated towards the area of the...
Vietnam for the first time
We went to Vietnam from Japan.It was my first visit to the country, but where we went was not Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh, but the city called Da Nang in the...
the restaurant and the shopping street in Whitstable
We booked a restaurant in Whitstable, a port town in southeastern England, called Royal Native Oyster Stores, which is run by a company called Whitstable Oyster Fishery Company. According to their site, it...
Orecchietta
Orecchietta is a pasta which people in Puglia in south Italy often eat. Orecchio means a ear in Italian and this pasta looks like a small ear. This photo was taken in a...
Hotel and the shuttle bus
We stayed at a hotel called Edelweiss in the village of Pre Saint Didier in Valle d’Aosta, the north western tip of Italy. If you come by bus from Aosta and get off...
