To Pizzighettone
We visited Pizzighettone in Lombardy, Italy, to enjoy the autumn scenery before the days got too short. It’s an old town about 66 kilometres southeast of Milan, just over an hour’s drive from…
Lombardy
Mural and trouble
Lyon, France, is home to many murals. It’s fun to wander around and look at them. After lunch, we still had some time before our return train, so we walked around a bit…
This is a real bouchon
For our last day in Lyon, France, we made a reservation at La Meuniere, which was at the top of the list of recommended bouchons. It had closed two days prior, so we…
To the castle by metro
One of the main attractions in Prague is the castle.Our hotel was at the edge of the old town, so we decided to go there by metro.My guide book says ” the…
Afternoon tea and Japanese foods
During our one-month stay in Edinburgh, a couple of friends who live in London came to visit us. It’s been at least a year and a half since we’ve met, because the last…
Another funicular in Bergamo
This was the second time for me to visit Bergamo and for the first time I went up to the second hill there.I did not know there is another funicular railways to go…
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...
happy Mandrogi
The first port of call during our cruise in Russia was Mandrogi, a village on Svir River. This is a new village which was recognised as a village in 1999 and the...
JAL Japan Airlines
JAL Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) (Nihon Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, in Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and...
Sweet Salami
When we went to Mantova in Italy, we looked for a restaurant called Trattoria Due Cavallini which was in a restaurant guidebook. This was one of those old Italian restaurants with a long...
A Very Surreal Hot-Spring Ryokan
The next place we visited in the Oga Peninsula in the Akita prefecture in Japan was Oga Aquarium GAO. In fact, the reason we had decided to visit Oga Peninsula was that my...
the accommodation in Looe and the restaurant we went after 4 and a half months
After about five and a half hours journey by train from London, we finally arrived in Looe, the seaside town in Cornwall in the south western England. As soon as we...
the indoor market in Alghero
It was the third day in Alghero, the town in north western Sardinia in Italy. This holiday was so-called ‘Worcation’, so my posts are naturally more like my diary. We had light...
This is the notorious cruise ship
When you are absorbed the beauty of sea view with gondolas in Venice, the elephantine cruise ship comes into your sight.These ships are the subject of the main dispute in Venice.I do not know...
