Northumberland
A return visit to Bamburgh, and the border

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...

Northumberland

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…

Northumberland

In the town of Alnwick

The minibus tour that departed from Edinburgh, Scotland, crossed the border into England. You might think it’s strange to call it a “border” since it’s all part of the UK, but the UK…

Kelso

On a tour

On our second day in Edinburgh, Scotland, we took a tour heading south. The tour company was our usual, Rabbie’s. We’ve used this company quite a few times since our first tour in…

Japan

Country bumpkin

We go back to #Japan to see my family at least once a year. Usually we stay there for about two weeks. We can visit only a few places during the holiday….

Denmark

Unusual museum

 In Aero Island in Denmark, we came across an unusual museum. They have hundreds of bottle ships. According to the leaflet, all were made by Peter, who was a chef in a Norwegian ship and…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Moscow-USSR-4

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. There were some small things that impressed me in Moscow, because things were different from the west: One of these was that the newspapers were basically free and a...
shopping
Shopping

Shopping at the market

On the first day we started ‘living’ in Syracuse, a town in the south eastern part of Sicily in Italy, we went shopping at the wet market. Crossing the bridge from the new...
airlines
Airlines

Traveling by Air: Connecting Worlds

We love exploring new destinations and the journey is often as exciting as the arrival. While we are currently updating our archives on airlines and flight experiences, we look forward to sharing more insights on...
food
Food

Tasty things

This is a dessert we had in Yalta. There is some cherry inside the skin and you dip into the honey sauce. They called it Variniki. Other thing I ate and...
hotels
Hotels

The view from the hotel

This time, we stayed in a hotel called Hotel du Lac in Gardone Riviera on the shore of Lake Garda. It is a three star hotel and the room was very basic, but...
food
Restaurants

great lunch, away from our group

When we were given free time during our Moscow city tour in Russia, we decided not to rejoin them, and went to a restaurant ourselves. The restaurant is called Cafe Pushkin. When...
food
Food

Crab sake

This is a photo of the crab sake. This was the first time I had it in my life. It was a very good Japanese sake with the subtle flavour of the...
transports
Transports

Toy train

From Shimla in India, we came back to the lower world by Toy Train. I was expecting something cute as they called it Toy Train, but in fact it was an ordinary...