A return visit to Bamburgh, and the border
After boarding a minibus in Alnwick, a town in Northumberland, England, on a tour, I fell fast asleep. So, I don’t know what explanations were given, or if there were any, but when…
Melrose
A used bookshop in an old train station
Alnwick, an old town in Northumberland, England, has more to offer than just its castle. One such attraction is the used bookshop, “Barter Books.” What makes it special is that it was once…
In the town of Alnwick
The minibus tour that departed from Edinburgh, Scotland, crossed the border into England. You might think it’s strange to call it a “border” since it’s all part of the UK, but the UK…
Bullfighting in Portugal
On the last day, we took a hop-on-hop-off sight seeing bus in Lisbon. And I learned that the bull fighting in Portugal do not kill the bulls. Also, I leaned that in Portugal…
The pirate ship
This is the pirate ship anchored in Genoa port.It is made for a film by Roman Polanski, who is also famous as a criminal.I have not seen the film, but heard that although…
Walk in Bordeaux
We walked around in Bordeaux in France. The first street we walked in was St.Catherine street, which is billed as the longest pedestrian street in Europe. The length is …
Eat Italian food in Tokyo
This is my friend, Bangly's posting. Usually when I travel I like to be totally absorbed in local customs, so I eat only local foods because foods are one of the forms of...
meeting Sani people in Shilin
As of April 2020, the COVID-19 is raging all over the world and we cannot even go out of our house, let alone travel. Therefore I decided to talk about my old travels. These happened...
Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi
Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
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...
A big hotel
After coming back from Monsanto to Coimbra in Portugal, we stayed in a 4 star hotel called Vila Gale. It was a big hotel where an international conference was being held. This...
The best foods was lunch at this restaurant
The best foods I had in our short holiday in Taiwan was the lunch at Sin Tai Fung Dumpling House, which was included in our group tour. According to our guide, the staff training...
Only bread?
I ate Fondue in Zermatt in Switzerland.I thought I had eaten Fondue before somewhere, but it was not true.Because I did not expect that you put only bread in the melted cheese.The cheese...
Funicular I wanted to ride
We have visited Lisbon, Portugal several times, but we have never actually seen the funicular that I sometimes see in the pictures. That’s why I definitely wanted to ride this time. We hadn’t...
