Germany

Taking Funicular Railway Again

When I see a funicular railway, I always want to ride.Here in Heidelberg in Germany, you need to take two different cable-cars to get to the top of the hill called Konigstuhl.The lower…

Germany

Hollander Hof Hotel

This photo is a bit dark as I took it in the evening, but the pink building is our hotel in Heidelberg in Germany. The hotel is called Hollander Hof and situated right…

Germany

A Bridge Festival in Heidelberg

In Heidelberg in Germany, they were having the Bridge Festival for Karl-Theodor-Brucke (Alte Brucke), the bridge over river Necker. The musicians were all rather old and the audience who were dancing along the…

The Netherlands

Railway Journey Again

Last time when I went to Amsterdam, I missed the flight back home and had to buy another return ticket.So this time I used that return ticket to Amsterdam for a small trip…

Lombardy

Cow bells

The sound of cow bells is a part of the atmosphere of the Alps and make people feel rather happy.It is a good sound, but for cows it is the 24 hours’ sound…

Milan

Latin America Festival in Milan

In Milan, the Latin America festival is held every year from end of June to mid August.I went there for the first time this year.There were shops, concerts, restaurants and so on, but…

Italy

Meal in the mountain

This is the meal I had in a hut at Pian d'Artavaggio in the Alps.The left hand side is venison, which was good but the mushrooms on the right hand side was exceptionally.The…

Lombardy

To Alps

I went to the Alps from Milan.I took the rope-way from place called Moggio and arrived at Pian d’Artavaggio.This is the place you cannot help singing the theme song of ‘Heidi’ (Japanese animation–famous…

Lombardy

Garda Lake in rain

One Saturday, after 5pm, suddenly we decided to go to Desenzano, a town on the Garda Lake in Italy. When we arrived, it was not raining, but soon it started and became like…