Marrakesh

A disappointing riad

Our Morocco trip has finally reached Marrakesh, our final base. Marrakesh is the most bustling and chaotic city we’ve visited so far. As we entered the city, the traffic was extremely chaotic. Motorcycles…

Casablanca

Its only redeeming feature is its spaciousness

In Casablanca, Morocco, we stayed in a regular hotel for the first time on this trip. Up until then (and going forward), we had always stayed in riads. The hotel was the Melliber…

Medellin

Year end party in Medellin

After the sightseeing in Medellin in Colombia, we came back to our hotel. The name of the hotel was Park 10. It was not a new hotel, but our room was spacious with a separate…

Verona

The bed of Juliet

Verona in Italy is famous as a town of Romeo and Juliet.There is a building supposed to be Juliet’s house, which is very popular among tourists.Of course there is a balcony there, though…

Italy

How to make a ring

The Basilia of San Francesco in Arezzo in Italy is famous for 15th century’s Pietro della Francesca’s paintings, but to see this you have to book in advance. We were there in…

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Miranda Friends

‘Read’ a pasta dish

Talking with a Japanese friend of mine, Koji, who is a wine and food expert, I learned that there is an Italian dish called Napolitan in Japan, which I did not know that existed.
airlines
Airlines

British Airways

British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. According to the company’s official web site, on 25 August 1919, British...
food
Food

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...
hotels
Hotels

Scottish beef

On the day we visited Edinburgh with our friends, we stayed in a hotel called Edinburgh Capital Hotel in the suburbs of the city. Although we ate a big lunch, we had...
food
Food

Lobsters in Rockport

We took a one day excursion from Boston, USA to Rockport which is about 64 km north east of Boston. We went to North Station in Boston by the subway from the...
transports
Transports

Boat Trip on the Way Back

We went to Porvoo, in Finland, from Helsinki by bus and came back by boat. In the leaflet, it said the tour takes 7 hours. The bus ride was about 1 hour,...