Highlands
Revisited the Highlands

Revisited the Highlands

The day after we returned to Glasgow from Barra Island in the Hebrides of Scotland, we went on a one-day tour of the Highlands. This is a tour run by a travel company...

Barra

Airport and the flight on the way back

It’s almost time to say goodbye to Barra Island in the Hebrides, Scotland, where we spent the night. We took a bus to the airport from the Castlebay bus stop. The flight was…

Barra

Meeting the rare ponies

At the Castlebay Hotel where we stayed on Barra Island in the Hebrides of Scotland, the check-out time was 10:30, which was as early as a Japanese inn. Moreover, it says that it…

Barra

Seafood and whisky

We had dinner on the Isle of Barra in the Hebrides of Scotland at the hotel we stayed at. The hotel is Castlebay Hotel in Castlebay, the only town-like town on the island….

England

London Eye

One day in October, I went out to the Thames for a walk. Here there is London Eye, the famous big wheel. This was open to the public  in January 2000 and has…

Romania

Sound of hitting wooden board

There is also a gorgeous monastery in Sinaia in Romania. When we arrived, we heard a sound of something hitting a wooden board. I wondered if it was a noise of some…

Lombardy

The most beautiful square in Italy

I wish I could take a photo from higher place, but this is Piazza Ducale of Vigevano, north Italy, which is said to be one of the finest squares in Italy built at…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Relaxed in a Jazz bar in Kobe

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Our friend Okazawa-san accompanied us in Kobe city. It is only half an hour by train from Osaka. Kobe is a city near the mountain and the...
shopping
Shopping

walk in the morning and then shopping

The weather was very nice on the second day in Tavira in Portugal. Our hotel was on top of the hill, so we started to walking down, visiting Igreja de Santa Maria...
airlines
Airlines

Air China

According to company’s official web site, Air China Limited (“Air China”) and its predecessor, the former Air China, were founded in 1988. According to the “Civil Aviation System Reform Program” which was approved and passed...
food
Food

This is another good German food

In this short trip in Germany, I was quite impressed by German cooking, much better than my expectation. This is another good one I ate in Frankfurt, a knuckle of a pork. When...
hotels
Hotels

arriving in Bogota

We spent our Christmas-New Year holiday in Colombia. Because our travel in the three countries in South America the year before was wonderful, we wanted to know this continent more. We used the same travel agency...
food
Restaurants

Revisited 2 restaurants in Monza

We used to live in Monza half of our time, a town north of Milan, Italy. Even after we stopped living there, we used to visit Monza a lot, so we are very...
food
Food

White radish

I did not know but German people often eat white radish.When I had the local dish in Oberstein, a small potion of radish cut into thins trips was added next to the main...