Tangier
The beautiful riad

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…

Assilah

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…

Assilah

Quiet White Maze

On our second day in Morocco, we left Rabat and headed north along the Atlantic coast to Assilah. When we entered the motorway, we passed through the toll booth using a system similar…

High Wycombe

Photography class

On a beautiful Sunday, we joined a photography class at Hughenden Manor in High Wycombe which is not far from London. This organisation limits the number of the attendance to 10 for…

Brazil

Very modern museum

This is the photo of the brand-new museum called the ‘Museum of Tomorrow’ in Praca Maua in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened to the public only about 20 days before we…

Tubingen

We went up to the castle

In Tübingen, southern Germany, there’s a castle called Hohentübingen Castle, perched atop a hill. We went up there because we read that it offered a spectacular view of the old town and the…

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Miranda Friends

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...
shopping
Shopping

Shopping at the market

On the first day we started ‘living’ in Syracuse, a town in the south eastern part of Sicily in Italy, we went shopping at the wet market. Crossing the bridge from the new...
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Airlines

Emirates airlines

Emirates is an airline based at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to the company’s official website, On 25th October 1985, Emirates flew its first routes out of Dubai with just two...
food
Food

Pancake

This is the photo of pancake we had as starters in Klaipeda in Lithuania. The front one is pancake with cabbage, and the one behind is spinach and mushroom, and the sauce...
hotels
Hotels

The staff was good, but…

We stayed in a hotel called Park Inn in Klaipeda in Lithuania.This photo is the view from our room.When we stay in one place for our holiday, I often use the online...
food
Restaurants

eat Italian meal in Little Italy in Montreal

Our guidebook says that Little Italy in Montreal in Canada is the foodie’s nirvana, so we decided to visit there, though it is quite far away from the old town where...
food
Food

Ate too much

We went to a restaurant called Taverna Toscana in Sansepolcro in Italy, which was recommended by the hotel manager. This is a butcher as well and they say that if you want...
transports
Restaurants

Meals and sudden disasters

On the day we toured Glasgow, Scotland, our main meal was steak at a chain restaurant called Brown’s. Beef is one of Scotland’s specialties, isn’t it. When we chose this restaurant, we didn’t...