Highlands
The last place was Glencoe

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...

Highlands

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…

Highlands

Revisited the Highlands

The day after we returned to Glasgow from Barra Island in the Hebrides of Scotland, we went on a one-day tour of the Highlands. This is a tour run by a travel company…

Barra

Airport and the flight on the way back

It’s almost time to say goodbye to Barra Island in the Hebrides, Scotland, where we spent the night. We took a bus to the airport from the Castlebay bus stop. The flight was…

Quebec City

To Quebec City

After staying three nights in Toronto in Canada, we flew to Quebec City. We had booked the tickets long ago through an agency in London. The airline was called Air Canada…

Miyako-jima

To Ikema Island

On the fourth day on Miyako-jima, one of the islands in Okinawa prefecture in Japan, we hired a taxi again and this time went to Ikema Island, which is in the north…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

JR Rail Pass

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. This time the destination of my travel was Japan. I did not have the time to settle myself down in Tokyo in the house of my close...
shopping
Shopping

meeting Sani people in Shilin

As of April 2020, the COVID-19 is raging all over the world and we cannot even go out of our house, let alone travel. Therefore I decided to talk about my old travels. These happened...
airlines
Airlines

Alitalia

Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. (Italian Air Company), operating as Alitalia, is the flag carrier and national airline of Italy, which took over the name, the landing rights, many planes and some other assets from the...
food
Food

Restaurant which used to be a stable

On the second day in #Martina #Franca in south Italy, we went to a restaurant for dinner which we had had a good feeling when we passed there in the afternoon.The name...
hotels
Hotels

The Hotel in Nice

I chose this hotel after looking at a website, recommending it, but it was not really a 4 star hotel.The ventilator in the bathroom was broken, the telephone did not have a cord,...
food
Restaurants

lovely meal in a historic house

At the weekend when the weather forecast was good, we went to Winchester from home in London by train. On the way, we had to change the train at Reading whose station...
food
Food

Enjoyed the Scottish speciality

Haggis is probably the most famous Scottish food. When I said to my sister in Japan, “I’m going to eat haggis,” she said  “what’s that?” and searched on the internet. And she said,...
transports
Transports

Tram No.28

The DIY walking tour in Lisbon starts at a square where you can reach by tram No.28. This tram is made up by one small old carriage, which is very pretty but powerful,...