Category: seaside & lakefronts
Grand Plage, Biarritz
Continuing with our Easter Alps to Atlantic trip … After Saint-Emilion, we headed south directly to Biarritz by-passing the city of Bordeaux (which we would later visit). The drive down A63 was easier, a lot less twists and turns, and the landscape is flat. This area, Landes is part of an estuary but looks a
Postcards from Donostia-San Sebastián waterfront
We went to Donostia-San Sebastián in early June. It is the European Capital of Culture for 2016. Historically, it is a resort town, located in the Basque Autonomous Community, an area with its own local language – Euskara (basque in basque) – apparently unrelated to any other languages in Europe. For several days, the sky was
About Yakushima 屋久島
Yakushima is an island located in 60km (37.3 miles) to the south of the southernmost tip of Kyushu island. With a climate ranging from subtropical to cool-temperate, its diverse and highly unique ecosystem and beautiful nature have been highly regarded nationally but not generally known outside Japan. Visiting Japan in February, where could we go ?
Lake Fudoike不動池, Kirishima Geopark 霧島ジオパークについて
After so many posts about Venice and art, we will now turn to Japan where we spent our two-week winter vacation in February 2016. First, we are very sorry for the people of Kyushu, especially in the area around Mount Aso and Kumamoto who endured the earthquakes in April 2016 that caused deaths and a lot of