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…
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…
Megalochori
This is another village in Santorini we visited with the tour. It is already recorded in the 17th century document. We were taken to a souvenir shop in a traditional semi-circular no-window…
Museums in Nice
We don’t go to museums so often when we are travelling because we prefer looking around the towns and the landscapes, but this time in Nice, we visited museums of Matisse and Chagall….
Enter the Baptistery of Duomo
After having the first wonderful meal in Florence, Italy, even though we were full and drowsy, we hurried to visit the baptistery of the Duomo, which we had reserved. I’ve seen the Duomo…
Stay in a Ryokan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In the touristic town of Kotohira, in Kagawa prefecture, I stayed one night in a tipical Japanese hotel (Ryokan), called Tsuruya. My Japanese friend Shogo, who accompanied...
Incidentally, Florence
After a trip to not well known towns in the Tuscany region of Italy, we returned to Florence. Our booked Freccia Rossa from Florence was just before 7pm, and we had a few...
British Airways
British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. According to the company’s official web site, on 25 August 1919, British...
Unspoiled Alicudi
I had an another boat trip to visit Alicudi, one of the Eolian Islands off Sicily.When we arrived there, it was just a lunch time, so I went straight to one canteen.The man...
The Airbnb we arrived after a long train journey
This day was the day of travel from Lisbon, Portugal to Oporto in the north. This time, we had decided to spend the second half of our trip in Oporto and go around...
Highly Satisfactory Restaurant
We looked for a restaurant called Busa Alla Torre Da Lele in Murano in Italy, which we had found online. It is not as bad as Venice to try find a place,...
visiting a sake brewery again
Niigata in Japan is famous for its sake. You cannot leave here without visiting a sake brewery or two. We visited one in the past when we came here a few years...
seafood in a restaurant in the countryside
After a few days of our stay in Edinburgh, Scotland, finally the weekend started, so we had an excursion. The destination was Dunnottar Castle, just south of Aberdeen. From Edinburgh, you can take...
