The Perfect Skeleton Abbey
On a day trip from Edinburgh to Melrose, Scotland, I noticed that the bus we boarded at the Tweedbank railway station was bound for Jedburgh. It suddenly occurred to me that Jedburgh was…
Edinburgh
Enjoying our return visit to Melrose
On a short trip to Edinburgh, Scotland, we decided to visit Melrose, a town in the Scottish Borders, the following day. Just like last time, we travelled by train and bus. We first…
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…
People who spoke Italian
On the last day of our stay in Dubrovnik, Croatia, the check-out time was early at 10am, so we asked our host, Josko, if it would be possible to extend the checkout time,…
Delicious salmon
We went to a restaurant called Casa Valdes in Puerto Varas in the lake district in Chile. This restaurant is supposed to be the best in the town for seafood. The location…
A Very Surreal Hot-Spring Ryokan
The next place we visited in the Oga Peninsula in the Akita prefecture in Japan was Oga Aquarium GAO. In fact, the reason we had decided to visit Oga Peninsula was that my…
Mount Konpira
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Before leaving the town of Kotohira, our aim was climbing up the mount Konpira and visiting the temple located on the peak. The path was quite difficult...
A big impulse shopping
After enjoying the museum in Chiprovtsi, a carpet-weaving town in northwestern Bulgaria, we returned to our hotel. I wanted to buy a kilim woven by the owner of the inn, Ilya’s mother, as...
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...
Hida Beef
We went to Takayama from Shirakawago in Japan by bus. What I was looking forward to in Takayama was...
A walk through Correggio
After a satisfying lunch in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, we returned to our hotel in Correggio for a rest. The hotel was called Phi Hotel dei Medaglioni and faced the portico on the town’s...
The last meal was meat, too
For the last meal in South America, we had a lot of meat at a restaurant called Churrascaria Carretao near Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro. Nowadays we see Churrascarias everywhere in the...
Enjoyed the sophisticated dishes
Our friends in Paris took us to a restaurant called Pottoka. This restaurant serves French Basque dishes. It is a small restaurant and the atmosphere was relaxing. But the dishes were very...
An exhilarating boat trip
After visiting the ruins of Butrint in Albania and having lunch, we were scheduled to return to the hotel for some free time. However, perhaps some tour members complained that there was nothing...
