(Feb. 2025) Münster is another small but interesting historical town in Germany. It is not really touristic, but I enjoyed this small town much better than better-known bigger cities. We stayed at Hotel ibis Muenster City, just near Münster (Westf) Central Station. It was a very convenient location that we could go slight-seeing just by… Continue reading (Germany) A flash visit to Munster
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(Italy) A flash visit to Savona
Feb. 2025 I had a chance to spend 2 nights in this seaside city at northern Italy. Savona is not really a popular town, but it was surprisingly beautiful, full of ancient churches, traditional buildings, street and alleys. I have visited two churches (Chiesa di Sant’Andrea Apostolo, Duomo di Savona) which were both unbelievably gorgeous… Continue reading (Italy) A flash visit to Savona
(Czech) A flash visit to Praha
Feb. 2025 I had a chance to stay in Praha for just one night. After checking in at ibis Praha Wenceslas Square, I could not wait for walk around this famous Capital of Praha. Praha was full of historical gorgeous buildings and tourists. We had to pay extra attention at pickpockets. However, I could not… Continue reading (Czech) A flash visit to Praha
(Czech) A flash visit to Kadan
Feb. 2025 I had a chance to visit Czech for the first time. Initially, I planned to only spend time in Praha, but I accidentally found this adorable small historical town called Kadaň (pronounced as “Kadani”), so I decided to spend the weekend there instead. Unfortunately, it was Sunday, so almost all the shops closed.… Continue reading (Czech) A flash visit to Kadan
(Greece) Surprises in Crete
(Dec. 20, 2024 – Jan. 4, 2025) Since we visited Greece in winter, we chose the warmest and one of the biggest Greek island—Crete to visit, hoping that there would be enough interesting places to visit, even though we cannot take a swim, and hoping that the shops would stay open during Christmas time. Also,… Continue reading (Greece) Surprises in Crete
(Greece) Surprises in Classical Greece Tour
(Dec. 20, 2024 – Jan. 4, 2025) As a first-timer, we decided to join a 5-day Classical Greece Group Tour, in order to visit all the famous spots in a short time. As the public transportation outside of Athens seem uneasy. Although there are regular buses and trains running through all the main cities, they… Continue reading (Greece) Surprises in Classical Greece Tour
(Greece) Surprises in Athens
(Dec. 20, 2024 – Jan. 4, 2025) I picked winter to travel around Greece, expecting there would be less tourists, less crowded, less expensive & more relaxing. I was indeed right. As a first-timer, I spent a few days sight-seeing in Athens, joined a 5-day Classical Greece Group Tour, and visited the warmest Greek island,… Continue reading (Greece) Surprises in Athens
(Japan) The Best Autumn View @ Okushizu
(Nov. 16, 2024) Shizuoka City is in Kanagawa Prefecture, which stretches over a vast area of 83.1 km from north to south, but only 20% of the city is urban, with the remaining 80% being mountainous and rich in nature. The natural part of Shizuoka deep in the mountains is nicknamed Oku-Shizuoka, or “Oku-Shizu“. “Oku-Shizu”… Continue reading (Japan) The Best Autumn View @ Okushizu
(Japan) Discover Choshi in Chiba
(Oct. 12-13, 2024) Choshi city is at the easternmost point of Chiba, which is just next to highly-populated Tokyo and Kanagawa. Chiba is well-known for Narita Airport, Tokyo Disneyland and beautiful beaches, but since Choshi is at the furthest end of Chiba, I had never been to there. I found Byobugaura Bay and Former Kashima… Continue reading (Japan) Discover Choshi in Chiba
(Japan) Izu Islands – Kouzushima
(Sept. 21-23, 2024) This Sept. we had 2 Mondays off because of public holidays, so we decided to spend all the 3-day holidays going camping at the Izu Islands. Getting on the large passenger ship (Tokai Kisen) on Friday night, arriving on Saturday morning, camp for 2 days, return on Monday. It was perfect! Kouzushima… Continue reading (Japan) Izu Islands – Kouzushima