A saint called Mungo
On our short trip to Scotland, on the last day we took a walking tour of Glasgow. It started at 10:30am from George Square. Our guide, a lady named Liz, spoke clearly and…
Glasgow
The last place was Glencoe
On our one-day Scottish Highlands tour, the first stop after lunch was Stalker Castle. However, just like 13 years ago, we only looked at it from a distance. Last time when we saw…
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…
The beach in Alghero
Now it was our fourth day in Alghero, the north eastern town in Sardinia in Italy. The breakfast today was the prickly pear we had bought the day before in the market….
Sightseeing in the old town
The final day in Plovdiv, Bulgaria‘s second largest city, was devoted to sightseeing in the old town. First of all, it happened to be in front of the hotel, so we decided to…
The people we met in Xiahe and experience on the way back
Next morning in Xiahe, the Tibetan town in Gansu province in China, the temperature went down further and it was as cold as in midwinter. And it was raining. We visited the…
Stay in a Ryokan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In the touristic town of Kotohira, in Kagawa prefecture, I stayed one night in a tipical Japanese hotel (Ryokan), called Tsuruya. My Japanese friend Shogo, who accompanied...
Meeting Sani people in Shilin
After sightseeing in Shilin National Park in China, we moved to the village of the Sani people who guided us as promised. The singing woman’s house was a small general shop. They...
Cathay Pacific Airways
Initially based in Shanghai, the two men eventually moved to Hong Kong and established the airline.
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...
The hotel with homely atmosphere
In Naxos, we stayed in a hotel called Grotta, which is situated on a hill, a little far from the centre of the town.It had very homely atmosphere.They served home made wine...
Fado, unexpectedly
In the evening when we came back from Monsanto village to Coimbra in Portugal, we went to a restaurant called A Conzinha da Maria. Does it mean ‘Maria’s kitchen’ perhaps? We just...
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...
Nardo at night
That night, we went to Nardo, an old town which is about 17 km south of Porto Cesareo where we stayed in Salento region in Apulia in south Italy. I thought there...
