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…
Northumberland
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…
In the UK, fish and chips
In Edinburgh, Scotland, I was already starving when we checked into our hotel. As usual, my husband searched for a place nearby where we could eat something nice, and found a fish and…
Victorio, the ‘Barber of Seville’
My husband has long decided to have a haircut in Seville, Spain. Of course, after the opera “The Barber of Seville”. We don’t know anything about reputation of barbers in Seville, so we…
Photography class
On a beautiful Sunday, we joined a photography class at Hughenden Manor in High Wycombe which is not far from London. This organisation limits the number of the attendance to 10 for…
Steiku Haoss
When we arrived in Riga in Latvia, it was already after 10pm. We thought it could be too late for eating, but we found many restaurants open in …
The beautiful town of Akashi
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. On the second day in Osaka, after breakfast, we met a Japanese friend who lives here. His name is Mr. Okazawa and he became our guide. We...
Talked with a woman at an amber stall
At one end of the market, Kalnciems Fair which was held outside of old town of Riga, there was a stall where a woman was selling the rough stone of...
Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi
Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
Castella
Years ago, when I visited Portugal for the first time, I looked around for Castella, the cake which is popular in Japan and believed to be Portuguese. But the castella look-a-like cakes were lemon cakes....
Countess’s room
“This used to be a room of a countess” said the hotel manager guiding us to this room. The atmosphere was wonderful. The ceiling was lovely, too. This room was large enough,...
stayed in a B&B and had great seafood
We stayed in a B&B called Maison Fleurie in Pescara, a seaside town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy. B&B’s in England are usually bigger but ordinary residential houses where the...
We arrived at night
We visited a small part of Tuscany with a couple of our friends this autumn. The first destination was Arezzo. When we finally arrived, it was already dark. This is the main...
about the first time we went to Norway
As of December 2020, when Covid-19 is still rampant, we are not in a situation that we can easily go here and there as usual, so I have run out of new travel...
