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…
Jedburgh
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…
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…
Fashionable Tapas restaurant
On the third day in Cartagena in Colombia, we had a free day. We went to a Tapas restaurant called Agua de Mar which was listed in our guidebook for lunch. This…
At night
On the first night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we went to a night club our tour leader booked for us. It was called Rio Scenarium and it seemed a famous place which…
Restaurant with a grand manner
We went to a restaurant called “3 Pavaru Restorans” in Riga, Latvia, which was recommended by a Japanese website. I was surprised to see that it had an atmosphere with a…
USSR, Moscow 1980 – 3
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. Walking around in Moscow, we were surprised to see no foods on the shelves in the supermarket, included the famous department store called Gum. But in the hotel we...
buying a saddlebag from a Bakhtiari family
We had a long drive in the hilly terrain from Daran, a small town in Iran to the area called Marboreh. On the way, there was a dam and we were checked...
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...
When in Otaru, eat sushi
There is a “Sushi Street” in Otaru in Hokkaido, Japan, where there are as many as 20 sushi restaurants.The Rickshaw driver's first choice was unfortunately closed on the day, so we went...
Very reasonably priced hotel
The first hotel we stayed in Coimbra in Portugal was three star Hotel Oslo which was very close to Coimbra A station.The exterior of the building was not particularly special, but the...
At a little disappointing Cascais
Christmas has arrived in Portugal. We had booked a Christmas lunch in Cascais, a seaside town 40 minutes by train from Lisbon. At around 10:30 am, we left Airbnb in Lisbon and walked...
Simple and Tasty Lunch
This photo is my lunch from the tour in the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus. It is Souvlaki in pita bread with salad. Very simple and very tasty. My husband chose Stifado, which...
The reason why we decided to go to this town
We went to Stuttgart, Germany for the first time. It had been a long time since I had been outside Italy. The reason is that it took me nine months to get a...
