Edinburgh
In the UK, fish and chips

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...

Edinburgh

The place we stayed this time was

In Edinburgh, Scotland, we stayed at the Heeton Concept Apart Hotel, located fairly close to the centre of the new town. We chose it based on location and price, but I realized it…

Edinburgh

Five years have passed since then

We went to Edinburgh, Scotland for the first time in five years. Our previous trip was a month-long stay, but this time it was just a short four-night trip. It was my husband’s…

Paris

Romeo and Juliet at the Bastille

After spending a night at a friends’ house in Fontainebleau, France, our friend and her husband joined us in Paris. After meeting up with mutual friends—a couple living in Paris and another in…

Japan

Warming up with sake tasting

One of the main special products in Niigata is Japanese Sake without any doubt.We visited Takarajima sake brewery without booking.This small brewery was founded in 1885 and seemed to be one of those which…

Japan

Driving the Aqua Line

We went all the way to go through a road called Tokyo Bay Aqua Line, which connects Kisarazu in Chiba and Kawasaki in Kanagawa, as …

Stuttgart

Seeking Schweinshaxe

As soon as we arrived in Stuttgart, Germany, we got off the train and headed to a restaurant called Paulaner am alten Postplatz. When we got there, it was a wooden restaurant that…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

A Restaurant, Europe and Japan together

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I read recently that in Italy some restaurants that serve mix of Italian and Japanese cookings. In Osaka, in Japan, I had the opportunity to have a...
shopping
Hotels

the changeable weather in St Ives

We stayed at Poldhu Guest House in St Ives in Cornwall, the south western end of England. Because we decided to come to St Ives quite late, when we tried booking a...
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

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...
hotels
Hotels

The beautiful riad

We stayed at Riad la Maison Blanche in Tangier, an old port city in northern Morocco. On this trip, most of our accommodations were riads (traditional old mansions converted into hotels), and the...
food
Restaurants

A restaurant on top of a stable

When we went to Angera on Lake Maggiore, Italy, we went to look for a restaurant which has a good reputation on internet site. It is far from the lake itself in a...
food
Food

Seeking Schweinshaxe

As soon as we arrived in Stuttgart, Germany, we got off the train and headed to a restaurant called Paulaner am alten Postplatz. When we got there, it was a wooden restaurant that...
transports
Transports

Eating Cevapi and Boat Trip

When we were walking in Mihailova Street, the main street in Belgrade in Serbia, we saw some people selling tickets for the boat trip on the Sava River and Danube River...