Our main purpose, Oban
On this tour to the Scottish Highlands, our main purpose was to visit the port town of Oban. This place is said to be the “Seafood Capital of Scotland.” When we came here…
Highlands
Revisited the Highlands
The day after we returned to Glasgow from Barra Island in the Hebrides of Scotland, we went on a one-day tour of the Highlands. This is a tour run by a travel company…
Airport and the flight on the way back
It’s almost time to say goodbye to Barra Island in the Hebrides, Scotland, where we spent the night. We took a bus to the airport from the Castlebay bus stop. The flight was…
Walk in the old town
After our fabulous dinner, we took a taxi and moved on to the old town in Warsaw. Our destination was Old Town Market Place. The reason was that when I visited here…
Gorgeous theatre in Vicenza
Our last destination in Veneto in north Italy was Vicenza. There are many buildings here planned by Andrea Palladio, the famous architect in the …
Winchester Cathedral
When I said to my husband “Shall we go to Winchester?”, the city in the south of England, he started singing a song. I did not know this song, but apparently it…
Excursion to Nara
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in Osaka we decided to go to Nara for one day. Nara was the first capital of Japan. It took us almost one hour...
Mr. Matsuo who is full of love for his hometown
Taking a break from sightseeing in the old town of Plovdiv in Bulgaria, we went to a souvenir shop. It was a shop where crafts were rather messily placed in a shop that...
Finnair
Finnair Plc is the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland with its headquarters in Vantaa and its main hub at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. According to company’s official web site, Finnair is one of world’s oldest...
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...
One night in Tokyo
To enjoy Tokyo thoroughly, you had better have a room in a hotel in the centre of Tokyo.This time, I stayed at Shin-Takanawa Prince Hotel.There are many hotels around here.I used the shuttle...
Wonderful cheap restaurant
On the seond day in Florence, we went to a restaurant which was recommended by a man in a kiosk, which is near the south end of Ponte Vecchio. You keep walking...
Visiting Yahiko Shrine, after eating manju
We ate Omokaru-manju, Japanese style bun, before going into Yahiko Shrine in Niigata, because my friend recommended this manju from Kameya shop.There were three tastes, soya sauce, brown sugar and sesame.I wanted to try...
The wind called Libeccio
During our summer holiday in Syracuse, Sicily, we took a boat trip around the area. We had a reservation at 3:00 pm, and when we went there, we found that we were...
