Glasgow
First, to Glasgow

First, to Glasgow

There is an island called Barra among the Hebrides, which are scattered on the west side of mainland Scotland. If you come here by plane, apparently propeller planes from Glasgow land right on...

Milan

An event called “OnDance”

We have been aware for several years that a dance event called “OnDance” is held every year in Milan, Italy. However, this was our first time actually going there. It is held over…

Nafplio

On the last day

Our 10-day stay in Nafplio, a historic town on the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece, has finally come to an end. The next day we will travel to Athens and return home the next…

Italy

Central Station of Milan

We used to live in Milan for nearly half of the year and the Central Station was simply our commuting station. However, this time when we took our family there to show them…

Lanzhou

The market full of vitality in Lanzhou

Coming back from Xiahe in Gansu province in China, which was a completely another world, we stayed in a hotel called Yinbin Hotel in Lanzhou which cost 140 yuan ($1 = 8.28…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Meditate in a Zen garden

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in Kansai area I had the opportunity to visit the temple Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, which has one of the most important Zen gardens in...
airlines
Airlines

United Airlines

United Airlines is one of the most important Airlines in U.S.A. According to company’s official web site, in 1926 United Airline’s first flight of mail was flown by T. Warney from Washington to Nevada. It...
food
Food

the town I want to visit again

During our holiday in the south of Sicily in Italy, we visited Modica after Scicli. This is another town of ‘Late Baroque Towns of Val di Noto’, the Unesco World Heritage...
hotels
Hotels

Homely hotel

The German gem stone town called Idar-Oberstein is divided into two areas, Idar and Oberstein. Our hotel was in Oberstein side near the railway station. The name is City Hotel Garni. It seemed...
food
Restaurants

A restaurant on top of a stable

When we went to Angera on Lake Maggiore, Italy, we went to look for a restaurant which has a good reputation on internet site. It is far from the lake itself in a...
food
Food

Shopska Salad

This dish is called Shopska Salad, which we ate many times in Macedonia. In Japan it is introduced as a Bulgarian dish. It is the same thing. A simple salad with pieces of...
transports
Transports

The pleasure boat on Danube

After taking a break at a nice hotel in Budapest, Hungary, we took the metro train to the Danube River, which runs through the town. Or rather, when we were about to go,...