Ivan and Naples
The day after visiting Ercolano (Herculaneum), an archaeological site in southern Italy, we finally visited Naples. I say “finally” because we had always had the preconceived notion that Naples was a scary place,…
Naples
Guided tour of Ercolano ruins
On this day, we visited the ruins of Ercolano (Herculaneum) near Naples in southern Italy. We had booked a guided tour. There were no signs to the ruins at Ercolano Station on the…
Talking about Circumvesuviana
During our winter holiday in Sorrento, southern Italy, we had booked a guided visit to the ruins in Ercolano, a town on the outskirts of Naples. Five days after the start of our…
To Gibraltar by buses and taxis
We moved from Jerez de la Frontera in the south Spain to Gibraltar. We asked how to get there in the tourist information office in Jerez and the officer there said “It’s…
Looking down the city of Orvieto from a clock tower
Orvieto in Umbria was the last destination on this trip. Again it was a beautiful town with a gorgeous cathedral and nice small alleys. When we were there, there was a small market of…
Eat the Excellent Pastel de Nata at the Famous Shop in Lisbon
There was one another place I wanted to go to while we were in the Belém district in Lisbon, Portugal, which is about 6km west of the city centre. It was the…
The Meijijingu
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In this photo you can see Meiji shrine, one of the most important and typical tourist destination in Tokyo. It is always full of foreign tourists but...
Buy pieces of lace
According to my guide book, there are many women who knit lace and sell their products on the streets. It says ‘Buy one or two pieces which would help them sustaining...
Eastern China Airlines
According to company’s official website, China Eastern Air Holding Company, headquartered in Shanghai, is one of the three largest major air transport companies in China. The company (formerly China Eastern Airlines established in 1988), was...
Not bad English wine, etc.
The restaurant we booked in Margate, a seaside town in southeastern England, was named Buoy and Oyster. We were guided to a seat by the window indoors, from which we could see the...
Big resort complex
In Bran of Romania, we stayed in Club Vila Bran. This place is not just a hotel, but a big resort complex. It occupied whole hillside and there were three swimming pools,...
Crossing the Elisabeth Bridge to the restaurant on the Buda side
It was about time for dinner when we got off the pleasure boat on the Danube River in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. We crossed the Elisabeth Bridge to the Buda side in...
Dynamic Traditional Dish
The first thing we did in Dresden in Germany was to eat. Because our hotel was in the middle of the Old Town, there were a lot of restaurants around there. We...
wandering in Madrid looking for a restaurant
We got up very early again and went to Madrid in Spain this time. We flew from London Heathrow Airport as usual, but because it was very early, there were not many...
