A saint called Mungo
On our short trip to Scotland, on the last day we took a walking tour of Glasgow. It started at 10:30am from George Square. Our guide, a lady named Liz, spoke clearly and…
Glasgow
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…
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…
Watching the eruptions
The highlight of the Stromboli tour in the Eolian Islands off Sicily was to watch the eruptions which happens every 20 minutes or so.In the dark, you can see the red eruptions, though…
Old-time wedding
In a small town of Bettolle in Tuscany in Italy, there was a festival of an old time wedding. I do not know how they chose them, but some of the…
To Zemun by Bus
On the next day, we joined a tour to Zemun, a historic part of Belgrade in Serbia. We joined many tours during our short holiday in Serbia, which was good in…
In Moscow 1980
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we landed at the Moscow airport in April 1980, at the passport control we we found the officials wearing uniforms, with no smiles or no expressions. They looked...
Shopping at the market
On the first day we started ‘living’ in Syracuse, a town in the south eastern part of Sicily in Italy, we went shopping at the wet market. Crossing the bridge from the new...
American Airlines
On the morning of April 15, 1926, a young aviator named Charles A. Lindbergh stowed a bag of mail in his little DH-4 biplane and took off from Chicago for St. Louis. Later that day,...
About the breakfast in Carmona
For this trip to Andalusia in Spain, none of the hotels had the breakfast included. We chose that way because Croissants and cappuccino are enough in the morning. For our first breakfast in...
Gorgeous like a palace
We went to Taiwan joining a tour which we could book online. When we needed to choose the hotel, I found this very Chinese looking Grand Hotel and chose it without any hesitation. It...
To Leith to eat some seafood
There is an area called Leith in the northern part of Edinburgh, Scotland, facing the sea. According to the guidebook, it has been the gateway to the sea in Edinburgh since the 14th...
This is another good German food
In this short trip in Germany, I was quite impressed by German cooking, much better than my expectation. This is another good one I ate in Frankfurt, a knuckle of a pork. When...
To Extremadura though Madrid
We went to Spain again, and this time to spent the year-end and New Year holidays. The destination is Extremadura, which is close to the border with Portugal. We chose here, because we...
