India

Rickshaw

The highlight of our stay in Delhi was the rickshaw ride.This was real transport system for people living there, not like in Japan where rickshaws are for tourists.They pulled it by bicycle.We…

India

Beautiful patterns

In Delhi, India, we visited Red Fort built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1648, Jama Masjit mosque built by him, too, Raj Ghat ( Mahtma Gandhi memorial), India Gate which was…

India

Shocking India

I will talk about my old holiday again. I joined an English tour to north India in autumn of 2006 with my Malaysian friend whom I met in Armenian tour. This was…

Lugano

Rainy Lugano

We went to Lugano in Switzerland from Milan. We could not have a relaxing time there this time because we went there just for a buisiness, and anyway, it was rainy. I…

South Tyrol

Culture, language

The South Tyrol belongs to Italy, but not only the view but also the culture is very German.The master of the festival on the stage spoke first in German and then in…

Italy

Speck Festival

Our main purpose of our trip to South Tyrol was this Speck Festival.This is held every October in Santa Maddalena, about one hour drive from the village we stayed one night. Speck…

South Tyrol

It is Italy here, too

A young couple invited us for an excursion to South Tyrol, which is in north east of Italy.A long time ago, when I visited Europe for the first time, our group moved…

Lithuania

Sculpture park in Klaipeda

When we were walking from Klaipeda bus station in Lithuania to the old town, we came across a park with a lot of sculptures. I looked up afterwards and found that this…

Lithuania

They say it is overpriced, but

The sea food restaurant called Zuvine in Basanaviciaus street in Palanga, Lithuania has a reputation that the foods are good but expensive.Both my guide book and the leaflet we got locally said…