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…
A posh country town
On Sunday, when the weather forecast was good and the actual weather was good, we visited a town called Marlow, about 50 kilometres west of London. In addition to having a good impression…
Once upon a time
There is a museum in Matera in south Italy, which shows how people lived in Sassi, the cave house. They used dips in the cave to separate kitchen, bedroom, and so on, but basically…
Etruscans
I remember learning about Etruscans in the history class at school long long time ago. Apparently they were the people who lived in Italy before the ancient Roman Empire. Their main…
A Restaurant, Europe and Japan together
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I read recently that in Italy some restaurants that serve mix of Italian and Japanese cookings. In Osaka, in Japan, I had the opportunity to have a...
A lovely embroidery shop whose name I forgot
As I mentioned before, the folk dance costumes we saw in Dubrovnik in Croatia were really cute. So I searched online and went to a local shop that specialises in embroidery such as...
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...
Brunch
We wanted to have a nice lunch as our last meal in Helsinki on Sunday, and looked for two restaurants listed in the guide book, but both of them were closed. So,...
Hotel and the shuttle bus
We stayed at a hotel called Edelweiss in the village of Pre Saint Didier in Valle d’Aosta, the north western tip of Italy. If you come by bus from Aosta and get off...
Wonderful cheap restaurant
On the seond day in Florence, we went to a restaurant which was recommended by a man in a kiosk, which is near the south end of Ponte Vecchio. You keep walking...
Bliss
Eating wonderful foods at a beautiful place is bliss. Here in Langhe in Piedmont, Italy we experienced again. It was at a small restaurant in Castello di Grinzane. 5 starters, 2 mains and...
Run full speed on the sea at night
Yalta was in full swing at night. We had a walk along the promenade and found that the speed boat was just about to go. So we decided to have a...
