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…
Castiglione Olona and the Alpini
This winter in Northern Italy was full of rainy days, which made me gloomy. We had just moved from gloomy England to Italy, where everyone think it has bright sunshine. So, on occasional…
Dinner that night
On the day we stayed in Chefchaouen, the blue city of Morocco, we missed lunch, so we looked for a place to eat dinner. Initially, despite our previous experience, we tried a restaurant…
Namdaemun, the ultimate market
Before leaving Korea, we went to Namdaemun Market in Seoul. We have seen many shopping area in Korea by now, but this was the ultimate one. In one leather shop, when I said ‘oh,…
Moscow-USSR-4
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. There were some small things that impressed me in Moscow, because things were different from the west: One of these was that the newspapers were basically free and a...
The Atmospheric Hotel and The Historic Miso Shop in Kakunodate
We stayed in “Tamachi Bukeyashiki Hotel” in Kakunodate in Akita prefecture in Japan. Their catchphrase is “the traditional warehouse-style hotel, surrounded by the black Kuroitabei (black wooden wall)”. As they say, the...
Traveling by Air: Connecting Worlds
We love exploring new destinations and the journey is often as exciting as the arrival. While we are currently updating our archives on airlines and flight experiences, we look forward to sharing more insights on...
Jewish cooking
I had a Jewish meal for the first time in Krakow, Poland.The restaurant was called Klezmer Hois and I remember it looked like someones house, rather than a public restaurant.I ate stuffed goose...
A room with the view
Then, we came back to Lisbon where we had started our journey. This time we stayed in a hotel on the hill called Olissippo. The classically decorated room was nice and spacious, but...
Overlook Lake Como from a mountain
While staying in Seregno in Lombardy, Italy, we went on an excursion with my husband’s family to the mountains above Lake Como with two cars. It was a mountain called Monte San Primo...
Georgia is the Birthplace of Wine
I continue talking about our sightseeing tour in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia. We walked down from the hill where the Nariqala Fortress is situated towards the area of the...
To Tenerife
We spent our holiday over Christmas and New Year in Tenerife, one of the Canary islands in Spain. Tenerife is a popular destination for British, German and northern European people seeking the...
