Glasgow
First, to Glasgow

First, to Glasgow

There is an island called Barra among the Hebrides, which are scattered on the west side of mainland Scotland. If you come here by plane, apparently propeller planes from Glasgow land right on...

Milan

An event called “OnDance”

We have been aware for several years that a dance event called “OnDance” is held every year in Milan, Italy. However, this was our first time actually going there. It is held over…

Nafplio

On the last day

Our 10-day stay in Nafplio, a historic town on the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece, has finally come to an end. The next day we will travel to Athens and return home the next…

Sardinia

A very nice restaurant in Bosa

On the day we visited Bosa, a town on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy, after visiting the ruins of a castle on a hill, we first made a reservation for lunch. As…

Japan

Takayama Festival Yatai museum

The Takayama Festival in Hida Takayama, Japan is famous for its gorgeous floats called Yaytai. They have the festivals twice a year in spring and autumn, but the meanings and Yatais are different each time.

Cyprus

Motorboat

It was a very fine day the next day and we spent all day in Paphos in Cyprus without going anywhere. When we were walking along the harbour area, we found a…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

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...
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

Virgin Atlantic Airlines

According to company’s official web site, Virgin Atlantic Airways is a success story. Back In the early 80s Richard Branson was probably best known for Virgin Records – the legendary record label that signed major...
food
Food

They are frogs

We went to a restaurant called Antica Trattoria Ferrari in Pavia, a town about 35 km south of Milan. A small waiter is working there with pride. I wanted to order something...
hotels
Hotels

Alcázar is now a hotel

Next in Zafra, a town in western Spain, we went to Alcázar. Alcázar means a castle or a fort, and our guidebook describes it as a “castle”, but it seems more appropriate to...
food
Restaurants

a big lump of meat

We ate this big lump of meat in Brno in Czech Republic. This is a dish of Knuckle of Pork and I had thought it was German, but apparently they eat...
food
Food

How to taste wine

During our boat tour, going down the Garonne river in France, after listening to the explanation on Bordeaux wine, we had the tasting. We tried ...
transports
Transports

Rickshaw ride for the first time

One of my family members said “I would like to ride on the Rickshaw once”, so we went to Asakusa in Tokyo. Unfortunately it was a rainy day. “They may not do...