Northumberland
A return visit to Bamburgh, and the border

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...

Northumberland

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…

Northumberland

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…

Kelso

On a tour

On our second day in Edinburgh, Scotland, we took a tour heading south. The tour company was our usual, Rabbie’s. We’ve used this company quite a few times since our first tour in…

England

A historic pub

We went to an old pub in London with our friends. The name is “Dove” and it is situated on River Thames. Apparently this pub has been there since 17th century and…

Macedonia

The first monastery

 We visited a lot of churches and monasteries in this Ancient Macedonia tour we joined. This St.Joakim Osogovski  is the first monastery we visited and situated in a mountain in Macedonia near the border…

England

Huge antique market

My new friend took me to a huge antique market in Kempton Park, just outside of London. I did not know this market, but apparently, it is very famous. It is held…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

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...
shopping
Shopping

San Antonio de Areco, the Gaucho town

The next day, we had an excursion to San Antonio de Areco from Buenos Aires in Argentina. This town is situated 113km northwest of Buenos Aires in the Pampas with the population...
airlines
Airlines

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...
food
Food

Excellent Egg Tart

This is a photo of the egg tarts I ate at a cafe in Entroncamento station in Portugal. We left very early on the day and missed breakfast, so I ate this...
hotels
Hotels

Thanks to our ‘angel’

We spent a whole month in February this year with my elderly mother in Japan. On this day, the whole family (mum, my sister and her husband and us) was supposed to travel...
food
Restaurants

The cooperative of house wives

Our group tour popped into a small restaurant run by house wives in Cappadocia, Turkey. According to our guide, the house wives who wanted to start some business got together and went to...
food
Food

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...
transports
Transports

Long escalator which made me dizzy

The escalator at metro in Kiev is endlessly long. The metro must be running very deep place. When we went up the escalator I felt a phobia. Because it is so long that...