[August 2012] Turkey is the country standing both in Asia and Europe. Today our tour went across Dardanelles to Asia, though I did not feel anything particular. The town on the Asian shore was Canakkale. Our…

[August 2012] The first place our group tour visited was Gallipoli peninsula. I did not know but in WW1, a lot of lives were lost here. It seems that because the Allied Forces did not…

[August 2012] In Istanbul, we went to see Topkapi Palace first. Unfortunately a lot of parts were under renovation work, but we enjoyed the beautiful tiles there. In the famous Harem, they took female slaves from…

[August 2012] We had a holiday in Turkey. I have not been here for a long time. This time we joined a group tour which went around the west side of the country. Before the…

[August 2012] After the ferry left Esbjerg in Denmark, we went out to the deck and saw some very shallow islands. And on them, there were a lot of seals ( I mean seals or sea…

[August 2012] Our Danish holiday is ending. We came back to Esbjerg where the ferry to and from the UK leave. We had a bit of time, so went into the centre of the town…

[August 2012] This is a photo of the oldest house in Kolding in Denmark build in 1589. It was lovely with orange colour and a bit leaned. They sell the model of this house and we…

[August 2012] There is a castle called Koldinghus in Kolding in Denmark. They say that the history starts in the 13th century, but in 1808, the Spanish soldiers who stayed there in the Napoleonic Wars…

[August 2012] From Aero Island in Denmark, we took the ferry and arrived in Svedborg. To catch the train to continue our journey, we would have had to run with our luggage. So we gave up…