Edinburgh
Art Museum and Wine Bar

Art Museum and Wine Bar

Next in Edinburgh, Scotland, we visited the National Gallery. Looking back, I realised it had been a full eleven years since our last visit—not five, as I had thought. It is a museum...

Edinburgh

Have to go there at least once

We revisited the Whiski Bar in Edinburgh, Scotland—a place we’d always felt we simply *had* to visit. We remembered it was located on the Royal Mile, so we found it quite quickly. We…

Edinburgh

This old castle is a hidden gem

The next morning in Edinburgh, Scotland, it was raining. And it wasn’t just a drizzle; it was a proper downpour. We had decided to visit Craigmillar Castle—a spot my husband found online—so we…

Jedburgh

The Perfect Skeleton Abbey

On a day trip from Edinburgh to Melrose, Scotland, I noticed that the bus we boarded at the Tweedbank railway station was bound for Jedburgh. It suddenly occurred to me that Jedburgh was…

Warsaw

Feeling as if we lived there

The hotel we stayed at in Warsaw after coming back from Gdansk was called Residence St. Andrews Palace. I did not know until we got there, but it was not exactly a…

Oporto

A very luxurious chamber of commerce

From 4:00 pm that day, we visited the Bolsa Palace, one of the main tourist attractions in Oporto, Portugal. This is not a place that you can casually visit and see, but all…

Sardinia

Mixture of old and new in Armungia

I came here because the woman in Cagliari tourist office recommended, when I said that I wanted to see some typical old villages in Sardinia.Unfortunately, a lot of villages have been renovated and…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

The small town of Kotohira

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. The first stop of my travel in Kagawa prefecture in Japan was Kotohira city. During day time this city is very busy because it is located on...
shopping
Food

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...
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

Dish called Samgyetang

What I knew about Korean foods were only Kimuchi, Barbeque and a few others, but this time in Busan I ate something called Samgyetang, which is my sister’s favourite. Basically, this is a...
hotels
Hotels

Fujiya Hotel

We stayed in Fujiya Hotel in Hakone, which has a long history since 1878. The interior is made according to the image of Western for Japanese people in those days and it is...
food
Food

Vegetable was too thick and hard…

In Gyeongju in Korea, we had a meal called Ssam Pap.This means 'wrapping rice' apparently.We had some colourful vegetables to wrap the rice and others, but they were so thick and hard, which...
transports
Transports

Eurostar was smooth

I took Eurostar from London to Paris this time.It was a smooth journey without any problems.It is nice to find yourself in the middle of the city when you arrive there, which is...