Essaouira
Argan oil and goats

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...

Marrakesh

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,…

Ourika Valley

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…

Marrakesh

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…

Italy

Starters are main thing in Puglia

In Martina Franca in Puglia, southern Italy, we went to a restaurant called I Templari which we found online.I had forgotten that in Puglia, the main thing was the starter.Most of the…

Genoa

Redevelopment of the port

From the railway station in Genova to the hotel, I took a taxi.The female driver was very knowledgeable about the city and told me that until 20 years ago, the port and the…

Portugal

Barbershop

My husband often has his hair cut during our holiday. This time, too in Coimbra in Portugal, we went in a barbershop which looked rather old fashioned situated half way on the…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Mount Konpira

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Before leaving the town of Kotohira, our aim was climbing up the mount Konpira and visiting the temple located on the peak. The path was quite difficult...
shopping
Shopping

Shopping in Brasov

You can enjoy shopping in Brasov in Romania, which is a quite big city. This photo is the blouse of their national costume, which I bought there. It is hand embroidered. Actually,...
airlines
Airlines

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...
food
Food

where is the tasty wine?

The town of Mikulov in Moravia region in Czech Republic, which is famous for its wine is very pretty with the castle on top of a hill. The railway station where...
hotels
Hotels

This was the best hotel during this holiday

Ávila, a town in Spain, is located right in the middle between Salamanca and Madrid. Our theme of this trip was “the production area of black pigs”, and Ávila was not in that...
food
Restaurants

two Italian restaurants on Ishigaki Island

While we were staying on Ishigaki Island in Okinwa, Japan, we went to two Italian restaurants. One was called Il Pozzo. When we were walking on the back streets in the Ishigaki...
food
Food

Enjoyed the sophisticated dishes

Our friends in Paris took us to a restaurant called Pottoka. This restaurant serves French Basque dishes. It is a small restaurant and the atmosphere was relaxing. But the dishes were very...
transports
Transports

This time, a long journey by bus

During this trip to Bulgaria, we didn’t plan to do sightseeing in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria because we had visited there on a tour before. However, due to the public transport network,...