Our main purpose, Oban
On this tour to the Scottish Highlands, our main purpose was to visit the port town of Oban. This place is said to be the “Seafood Capital of Scotland.” When we came here…
Highlands
Revisited the Highlands
The day after we returned to Glasgow from Barra Island in the Hebrides of Scotland, we went on a one-day tour of the Highlands. This is a tour run by a travel company…
Airport and the flight on the way back
It’s almost time to say goodbye to Barra Island in the Hebrides, Scotland, where we spent the night. We took a bus to the airport from the Castlebay bus stop. The flight was…
Sunset over the desert
The first night of our tour in Tunisia, we stayed in Tozeur, a oasis city in the south of the country. As soon as we arrived at the hotel, we asked the…
Worldwide phenomenon
The scenery we saw many times in Italy or Spain was here in Kiev, too. A lot of locks on a rail in a park on the hill in front of our hotel. On…
Taking Funicular Railway Again
When I see a funicular railway, I always want to ride.Here in Heidelberg in Germany, you need to take two different cable-cars to get to the top of the hill called Konigstuhl.The lower…
Relaxed in a Jazz bar in Kobe
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Our friend Okazawa-san accompanied us in Kobe city. It is only half an hour by train from Osaka. Kobe is a city near the mountain and the...
The first thing we planned to do was my husband’s haircut, and shopping
On the last morning of our short holiday in Florence, Italy, the view from the window was foggy and vague. This was also beautiful. This room with a view of Hotel degli Orafi...
Air India
Air India is India’s national flag carrier. Although air transport was born in India on February 18, 1911 when Henri Piquet, flying a Humber bi-plane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini Junction, some six miles...
French burgers always have cheese
After visiting the Millet Museum in Barbizon, France, we continued walking along the main straight road in the village. Because it is the famous art village, there were some innovative works of art...
The wonderful spiral staircase
In Genova, I stayed in Bristol Palace Hotel.When I was checking in, I looked up and found this magnificent staircase.This is very European traditional hotel with very spacious room and the nicely patterned...
At the end of the journey, we had cod
In Vicenza in Veneto, north Italy, we went to a cod specialised restaurant called Il Bistrot del Bacala. Bacala is the dried cod and the cod dishes are ...
Squid with squid ink
This is a squid dish with squid ink I ate in Venice. The white thing next to it is polenta, which was whiter than usual. It was rich taste and very good. The...
arrived in Montreal by train and ate Italian dishes
I continue talking about our summer holiday in Canada. On the next day, after staying four nights in Quebec City, we headed for Montreal by train. The railway station in Quebec...
