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…
Melrose
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…
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…
Slow Boat Trip
After enjoying the wonderful view of Bastei, we came down to the river. The weather was too good to go back to Dresden, so we decided to take a boat going in…
Kairouan and Nagareyama
We left Tunis and started our 3 nights tour in Tunisia. Our first visit was Kairouan, an old Islamic capital. It was called the third important city in the Islamic world in…
Sleepy Muravera
After lunch I visited a town called Muravera, not too far from the touristy Costa Rei. Muravera is the main town in this area, but very quiet and hardly anyone was out, though…
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...
Lapis lazuli
One of the things I was looking forward to in this South America tour was ‘stones’. Chile is the one of the major sources of Lapis Lazuli. This stone has an ultramarine...
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...
Visiting Yahiko Shrine, after eating manju
We ate Omokaru-manju, Japanese style bun, before going into Yahiko Shrine in Niigata, because my friend recommended this manju from Kameya shop.There were three tastes, soya sauce, brown sugar and sesame.I wanted to try...
The only shopping we did in this holiday
In Gjirokaster, an old town in Albania, we stayed at a hotel near the bustling city centre, where shops were lined up like a bazaar. The hotel was called Hotel Argjiro. It seems...
Restaurant with music
On the first day of my stay in Cesme, Turkey, we went to the restaurant listed in my guidebook. The name is Rihtim Restaurant. It is one of the many restaurants along the...
Delicious Chicken Tabaka
On the fourth day of our summer holiday in Georgia, we stayed for one night in Kutaisi, the third largest city in this country. From Gori to Kutaisi, it took about...
Something we learned in Como (part 1)
On this Easter Sunday when we were staying in northern Italy, we had no plans at all, but wanted to go somewhere that we could have a good meal nearby, and in the...
