Czech Republic

One night in Telč

[ May 2017 ] We went to Telč, which is listed in the Unesco’s World Heritage list from Brno in Moravia region in Czech Republic. Telč is on the border of Moravia and Bohemia. When…

Aomori

A short visit to Aomori prefecture

[ Apr.2017 ] On the second day of our family trip to the northern Japan, we went into Aomori prefecture from Iwate prefecture. Well, it was a short stay, though. We had a look at…

Venice

The outrageous hotel in Murano

[ Mar.2017 ] We stayed in Sofitel in Murano, the island in Venice, which is run by Accor, the French mega hotel chain. The proper name of the hotel is Le Gare Hotel Venezia MGallery…

Estoi

Pousada in Estoi

[ Feb.2017 ] We stayed one night in the Pousada in Estoi, a village located about 11 km north of Faro in the Algarve region in southern Portugal. Local people pronounced Estoi as eshtoi. I was…

Tavira

Pousada in Tavira

[ Feb.2017 ] In our short holiday in Portugal in order to avoid the cold, we stayed two nights in Tavira, which is about 40 km east of Faro in Algarve. The reason why we…

Isla Grande

The hotel on the island

[ Jan.2017 ] The hotel we stayed on the island of Isla Grande in Colombia was the Hotel San Pedro de Majagua. Apparently it used to be a house of a French painter. If I…

Bogota

Arriving in Bogota

We spent our Christmas-New Year holiday in Colombia. Because our travel in the three countries in South America the year before was wonderful, we wanted to know this continent more. We used the same travel agency…

Gibraltar

The hotel in a super yacht

[ Nov.2016 ] The hotel we stayed in Gibraltar was unusual. An anchored boat was the hotel. Its name was Sunborn. We did not feel that we were in a boat when we were in…

Boston

Hotels in the US are very expensive

[ Oct.2016 ] We stayed in three hotels in the US this time. The first one was the Courtyard Marriott Downtown in Boston and the second was the Holiday Inn Express in New York and the…