Apulia

Castel del Monte

This is the first site I visited in this trip to the Puglia in south Italy.This castle is one of the World Heritage places in Italy.Frederic 2 built it in 1240, but nobody…

Tokyo

Edo experience

 This is a photo in Fukagawa Edo Museum in Tokyo. They remade houses in Edo era in the museum and people can get in those houses. It was a fun. A woman who loves…

Japan

Yebisu Beer

I heard that they give us 2 glasses of free beer, so I joined the tour in Yebisu Beer Museum.I did not know that Ebisu, a place in Tokyo was named after Yebisu…

Japan

One night in Tokyo

To enjoy Tokyo thoroughly, you had better have a room in a hotel in the centre of Tokyo.This time, I stayed at Shin-Takanawa Prince Hotel.There are many hotels around here.I used the shuttle…

Sweden

Skansen

 Skansen is the world first outdoor museum build in 1891 in Stockholm. They are exhibiting real old houses from all over Sweden and showing the old life with real people demonstrating as a bakery,…

Sweden

Dinner menu for Nobel Prize winners

Sweden is the country which gives the Nobel Prize. They have a dinner after the awarding ceremony in the restaurant here in the City Hall. During the bus tour, I heard that in…

Sweden

Out of Order

When I went under this lift, I learned it is called Katarina Elevator and one of the main attractions in Stockholm. I have a fright of height, but I always want to go…

Sweden

How Expensive!

Northern Europe is known being expensive. It is really so. For the dinner, we chose a restaurant from my guide book to enjoy seafood. The foods were good, but not that good to be…

Sweden

Bus & Boat tour

In Stockholm, we took a comprehensive tour with a bus and a boat with the audio guide of many languages. Seeing the city both from the land and the sea, I should understand it…