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Margate

Not bad English wine, etc.

[July 2021] The restaurant we booked in Margate, a seaside town in southeastern England, was named Buoy and Oyster. We were guided to a seat by the window indoors, from which we could see the…

Margate

It was not a successful trip to Margate

[July 2021] We knew that this Sunday would be a hot and sunny, so we wanted to go to somewhere seaside and chose Margate in southeastern England, which we had never been to before. We…

London

See the deer in Richmond Park

[July 2021] Richmond Park in a suburb of London, is said to be the largest royal park in London with 2500 acres. It is famous for having about 600 deer. I had been there by…

Edinburgh

My miscellaneous thoughts about Edinburgh

[June 2021] I would like to write down what I noticed and what I was surprised at, during our one-month stay in Edinburgh, Scotland, which I could not cover so far. We stayed at an…

Edinburgh

Our last dinner was in Leith

[June 2021] Our one-month stay in Edinburgh has finally reached its final night. When we started, I thought it would be a long month, but when it was over, I felt it was very quick….

Edinburgh

Scotch whisky experience

[June 2021] Our stay in Edinburgh has come towards the end, and we had little time left to try Scotch whisky. Late in the afternoon, we headed out to the Old Town to a museum,…

Melrose

Enjoyed shopping in Melrose

[June 2021] The other reason why we went to Melrose, southern Scotland was to visit a knitwear shop called Eribé. I came across this brand in a shop in Whitstable last year. They make colourful…

Melrose

Visit Melrose Abbey

[June 2021] On the last Saturday of our one-month stay in Edinburgh, the weather was not good, but we visited Melrose in southern Scotland as planned. Again, I’ve been there once with my parents long…