Piel Island

King Steve

My friends who have a second house in the north of England introduced us Piel Island, which is in Cumbria where the famous Lake District is. It is a very small island…

England

Market, early in the morning

There is a market called #Jubilee #Market in Covent Garden in London. I always thought that was a craft market, maybe because I visited there only at the weekends, but in fact…

Prague

Tram

In Prague, many trams are running all over the place. The colour of all the trams is red and white, but the actual cars are various. The oldest wooden ones are very…

Czech Republic

Dancing building

The middle of this photo is the Dancing House. It was not there when I visited Prague last time in 1994. It was completed in 1998. This is designed by the famous…

Czech Republic

The Old-New Synagogue

On the last day in Prague, we visited Jewish quarter. We did not have so much time, so we visited only The Old-New Synagogue, which was said “Do not miss” in my…

Prague

Moldavite

I continue talking about my second visit to Prague after 19 years. Last time I noticed only a few suvenir shops, mainly selling glassware or wood craft things, but this time I…

Czech Republic

Sightseeing boat

We took a sightseeing boat on Vltava River in Prague. This river is famous for Smetana’s symphonic poem ‘ The Moldau” and it is often called Moldau river, but real name is…

Czech Republic

Slow food restaurant

We asked for recommendation for a restaurant to the vendor who sold us a model of a house on Charles Bridge in Prague. He recommended Lokal, which was situated on the other…

Czech Republic

The famous Charles Bridge

One of the main tourist attractions in Prague is this Charles Bridge. This bridge over Vltava River is more than 500m and there are 30 statues on it. It was completed in…