Recent posts

Lombardy

Austrian Room

[may 2012] The starting point of this trip, whose main purpose was to take trains, was Tirano , a border town between Italy and Switzerland.I booked a room in a hotel in front of the…

Italy

Seafood on the lake shore

[april 2012] On the day I went to Lake Iseo in north Italy, I had seafood lunch.It is not quite right to eat seafoods on the lake shore, but it was excellent, so I wanted…

Lombardy

Quiet Lake Iseo

[April 2012] We went to Lake Iseo , one of the lakes in north Italy. This one is not well known as Como or Garda and had wilder atmosphere, maybe because of the bad weather….

South Korea

Namdaemun, the ultimate market

[april 2012] Before leaving Korea, we went to Namdaemun Market in Seoul. We have seen many shopping area in Korea by now, but this was the ultimate one. In one leather shop, when I said ‘oh,…

South Korea

Jump!

[april 2012] We went to a theatre to see something called “Jump!” in Seoul. It is a comedy with Kung-Fu  performance. My sister loves it and this was her second time to see this. It…

South Korea

Korean BBQ, again

[april 2012] We went to eat Korean Barbecue in Seoul again this year.It was a bigger restaurant than last year and Japanese tourists were coming in one after another.They came to pick us up in…

South Korea

Craft shopping centre of Seoul

[april 2012] We went to a shopping area called Insadong in Seoul. Here there are a lot of craft shops. I was surprised to see so many people were around here, but I learned that the…

South Korea

Korean Bullet Train

[april 2012] We moved from Busan to Seoul by a train very similar to Japanese Bullet Train called KTX.Our guide took us to the Busan station and at Seoul station, there was another guide waiting…

Busan

Countless crabs

[April 2012] These are the crabs sold in Gijang Market in Busan. Here there are lots of tanks with numerous crabs being kept alive. Only a few days ago, we were in Kanazawa in Japan…