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England

Very old restaurant

[ Mar.2014 ] For lunch in Windsor in England, we went to a restaurant called “Castello” which served Mediterranean foods. The building was very old, apparently built in 1423. The circular says ” it is…

England

Chapel

[ Mar.2014 ] In the site of Windsor Castle, there is a magnificent church called St.George’s Chapel. Unfortunately, the photography was not allowed here, either. The decoration of the choir was not as intricate as…

England

The castle

[ Mar.2014 ] The Windsor Castle in England is one of the Queen Elizabeth’s homes. According to the guide book, at the weekends when she does not have any official events, she stays here. The…

England

March of the guards

[ Mar.2014 ] Windsor is only about one hour away from our home, but the reason why we had to get up early to go there was to see this changing of the guards. The…

England

By local trains

[ Mar.2014 ] Because the weather is not usually nice in England, when it is sunny in the weekend, I feel I ought to go somewhere.On this Saturday, we decided to go to Windsor.I found…

Spain

Fast trip in Madrid

[ Mar.2014 ] We came back to Madrid from Toledo by train. At Atocha station, we took taxi and asked if he could take us a few places of interest as we had plenty of…

Spain

Very long staircase

[ Mar.2014 ] After crossing the river on Alcantara Bridge and going through Alcantara Gate, which was an Arabic style, we found the very long staircase (photo). This must be the way to the centre…

Spain

Youth Hostel

[ Mar.2014 ] In the map of Toledo, Spain, you can see a castle on the east side of the Tagus River. So we decided to visit there. From the river, we walked up the…

Spain

View of Toledo

[ Mar.2014 ] Toledo in Spain is on a hill which is surrounded three side by Tajo River. Across the river in the south side, there is another hill and from there, you can see…