The beautiful riad
We stayed at Riad la Maison Blanche in Tangier, an old port city in northern Morocco. On this trip, most of our accommodations were riads (traditional old mansions converted into hotels), and the…
Tangier
Accompanied by a local guide
After Assilah in northern Morocco, our next stop was Tangier. We stayed overnight here. First, we visited the Caves of Hercules, which we had no interest in, and the nearby lighthouse (where the…
Today’s lunch and the mystery of the plate
After exploring medina of Assilah, a coastal town in Morocco, it was time for lunch. We went to the restaurant recommended by our driver, Youssuf. The restaurant, called Dar Al Maghrebia, is located…
Early afternoon in Lecco
On Saturday the weather was so nice that I had an excursion to Lecco, about 50km north of Milan.The famous Lake Como’s shape is just like a person in Kanji (Chinese character) and…
Cathedral in Sibenik
Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik in Croatia is listed as a World Heritage. They started building it in 1431 and it took 105 years to complete it. They say that…
From Glacier Express
From St Moritz to Zermatt in Switzerland, I took a train called Glacier Express. It took 8 hours. I thought I would get fed up, but I did not at all. The view…
People in Osaka
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting I don’t have enough experience to evaluate the different characters of Japanese people depending on where they are from, but soon after I went out of the...
The next day was sunny
On the second day in Yokohama, Japan, the sun was shining and completely opposite of the bad weather of the previous day. And it was warm, too. If we had planned this trip...
Thai Airways International
Thai Airways International Public Company Limited is the national carrier of the Kingdom of Thailand. It operates domestic, regional and intercontinental flights radiating from its home base in Bangkok to key destinations around the world...
meat dish in Solferino
I saw a weird photo of a wall with many skulls on a website and found out that it was in a town called Solferino which is not too far from Milan...
The hotel which used to be a residence of a noble family
I went to a small island country in Mediterranean, Malta. The hotel I stayed is called Xara Palace Hotel in an old capital Mdina, which is on the slightly elevated hill and this...
Dishes from Ottoman Turkey
We went to a restaurant which was introduced by a friend who goes there often for work. The famous Turkish foods are kebabs and pide (Turkish pizza) and we often ate them during...
after eating hams, walked in Madrid
We saw Museo del Jamon (ham museum) in Gran Via, the street where our hotel was in Madrid in Spain. When we entered, we realised it was a restaurant. Apparently, it is...
to St Ives by train
We got up at 4:30 am and took a train at Paddington Station in London to St Ives in Cornwall, at the end of south west England. It took about 5 and...
