A very nice city with a little bit of everything. Smaller than Tokyo and a very comfortable place. The center was a small network of pedestrian streets that drew a broad cross section of society in the evenings. Here are the bicycle police impounding illegally parked bikes. Nearly everything in Japan seemed to have an …
As soon as we arrived in Kyoto we had to go to a pharmacy for an antihistamine 馃檨 聽I had a very bad allergic reaction to bug bites in my legs that I got in Virginia a week before leaving to Asia. My ankles were swollen and the bug bites were itching badly. Pharmacies in …
We left our house around 4AM and flew from Raleigh, NC to Los Angeles. We had a 4 hour layover in LA. We didn’t want to eat airport food so we asked a latino guy for recommendations and he sent us to La Fonda (very close to the airport). I always wonder when they have …
We were in Le贸n around 7PM. We booked a room with a nice balcony and view of the Plaza Mayor. It was raining a little but it wasn’t cold. It is interesting to see how weather and other factors can influence your聽perception/memories of a place.
Beautiful and picturesque Spain.
We were thinking about flying to another country but instead decided to go back to Le贸n and take it easy. Ali took the countryside road all the way down. We stopped in Oviedo for lunch.
Bilbao is larger than we though. It felt like a comfortable city. The art museum is renowned and the primary attraction in the city. From Bilbao we went back towards Gij贸n. We found a hotel that we liked and wanted to have some quiet time. These are some pictures I took from the highway.
We left San Sebasti谩n and stopped by Biarritz briefly on our way to our hotel in Bayonne. We were tired and hungry.
I have been looking forward to see San Sebasti谩n for a very long time. It is nice although touristy. We found a good oyster bar. Lots of new varieties we hadn’t tried before.
Walking around Pamplona. We checked into our hotel on the edge of Pamplona. The hotel was nice and modern. Instead of a key card they scan your finger and that’s how you get in your room, gym, and out of the parking garage. My finger didn’t work 馃檨 聽The receptionist said that it has happened …