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,…
Very Good Seafood and the Winter of the Island
The main purpose of our holiday to Sardinia in Italy this time was to go to the beautiful beach in a small town called Stintino. We decided to stay in Alghero, because…
See the deer in Richmond Park
Richmond Park in a suburb of London, is said to be the largest royal park in London with 2500 acres. It is famous for having about 600 deer. I had been there by…
The amazing Shilin
From Kunming in China we went to Shilin (Stone Forest) which was famous as a tourist spot in this region. We found the minibus for Shilin in the centre of Kunming and…
USSR, Moscow 1980 – 3
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. Walking around in Moscow, we were surprised to see no foods on the shelves in the supermarket, included the famous department store called Gum. But in the hotel we...
Handicrafts in Scanno
Scanno, the town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy, is small but they have high quality handicrafts. It is especially famous for the pendant called Presentosa. We also saw some of them...
Virgin Atlantic Airlines
According to company’s official web site, Virgin Atlantic Airways is a success story. Back In the early 80s Richard Branson was probably best known for Virgin Records – the legendary record label that signed major...
cutting the hanging monkfish
On the second night of our short family trip to Ibaraki prefecture in Japan, we stayed in the Oarai Hotel facing the Oarai Beach. According to the website of this hotel, they have 12 different...
This is another bliss
We visited Yuwaku Onsen, about 50 min.bus ride from Kanazawa, Japan. The ryokan (Japanese style inn) we stayed was called Kanaya and our room was in an annex. I was very surprised to...
Delicious lunch in a rustic village
During our visit the villages of Sierra de Francia, a mountainous region in western Spain by chartered taxi, we went to San Martín del Castañar, too. We let Agustin, our driver, choose the...
Tigelle bread and others
On this day, we made a reservation at a restaurant called Ma Lo’ in the town of Carpi in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. As usual, my husband found this restaurant online. Located...
Another thing I wanted to do here
One of the things I wanted to do in Dubrovnik, Croatia is to take a ropeway on a sunny day and look down on the old town from far above the sky. The...
