Madrid

Cathedral and palace

When we were walking towards the Royal Palace of Madrid in Spain, we came across the Almudena Cathedral, so we decided to visit there first. The building is magnificent, but inside was…

Madrid

After eating hams, walked in Madrid

We saw Museo del Jamon (ham museum) in Gran Via, the street where our hotel was in Madrid in Spain. When we entered, we realised it was a restaurant. Apparently, it is…

Madrid

The Prado Museum

In Madrid in Spain, we visited the famous Prado Museum. I counted and found that the last time I visited there was 35 years ago. It was the first time for my…

Madrid

Enjoyed the flamenco performance

On the first night in Madrid in Spain, we booked and went to see the flamenco show. Flamenco is the art from south Spain such as Andalucia, but I remembered that I…

Chiba

Visit a shrine and walk in Ueno

We went to a Shinto shrine called Shinmeisha in the city of Kashiwa in Chiba prefecture, with my family. It is customary in Japan to visit a shrine on New Year’s Day . We…

Enoshima

Mt. Fuji from Enoshima

  We had an excursion to Enoshima island in Kanagawa prefecture in Japan early in the new year. A friend of us who lives around here took us around. We took Enoden (Enoshima…