After stepping on the soil of Poland for the first time and staying overnight in Warsaw, I returned to Warsaw again after visiting Krakow, Gdansk, Czezhova, Poznan, and the summer resort Zakobane. Warsaw, which replaced Krakow in the 16th …

Gdansk, one of the most beautiful cities in Poland, is a city with a millennial history and a port city facing the Baltic Sea. Since joining the Hanseatic League in the 14th century, trade between the Hanseatic League and within Poland It …

When I took the "12-day tour of Poland" pack tour from May 19, 1997, I had little knowledge about Poland. At best I knew Lech Wałęsa, the chairman of "solidarity" and elected in the 1990 presidential election, and Andrzej Wajda, director o…

Last time I stayed at the Marriott Hotel for only one night, and I was disappointed that it was another hotel to return to Warsaw again. Actually, when I applied for this tour, it was all Marriott hotels during my stay in Warsaw, but at th…

Taking advantage of the 1997 refreshing two-week vacation, I participated in the "12 days around Poland " pack tour departing on May 19th. At this time, there were a total of 13 people, including 3 couples who retired and 7 individual part…

Coffee time was set at the cafe of Hotel Sacher for sightseeing in Vienna. When our members, led by a tour conductor, sat down in a luxuriously decorated cafe, Wiener Coffee and Sachertorte lined up at our table without having to look thro…

During my stay in Vienna, I was looking forward to seeing the works of Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt, but due to the restrictions of group travel, I had no choice but to rush past the representative works. However, Tokyo in the summer of 2…

When we returned to the hotel from the Vienna State Opera and shared our thoughts, we found that only the taxi we took was paid twice as much. In other words, we were struck by a female taxi driver. Immediately after we got on, the undress…

While relaxing with tour members in the lobby of a hotel in Vienna, a retired man with a wealth of experience in Europe said, "The Vienna State Opera is performing every day during this season, so if you want to see an opera tonight, pleas…

I enjoyed the Danube river excursion with the tour members on a cruise ship from the pier in Budapest, and when I changed to a small charter bus from the pier and looked at the view from the window, I saw a large Ferris wheel from above, a…

We, the tour members, boarded a cruise ship from the dock near the Marriott Hotel, each with a Marriott Hotel's special lunch box, to head to their next destination, Vienna. The Danube River, which flows through the center of Budapest, flo…

In this visit to Hungary, the opera "Carmen" was optionally included, and even I, who is not familiar with opera, can understand "Carmen", so I went to the Hungarian State Opera with the members. To be honest, I didn't know until this time…

Budapest, known as the pearl of the Danube, was born in 1873 as the capital of Hungary by the merger of the Danube and Pest sides of the Danube. With the opening of the second subway in the world in 1896, Budapest has become one of Europe'…

The chain bridge, which symbolizes the Hungarian capital of Budapest called the Pearl of the Danube, was completed in the mid-19th century as the first permanent bridge between the Buda side and the Pest side of the Danube. The length of t…

The reason why I came to Budapest is because I was longing for a chain bridge over the Danube. For a long story, about 35 years ago, when Japan was in a bubble economy, I set foot on an exhibition and sale event held at a city hotel by a g…

The hotel in Prague was the four-star Hotel Don Giovanni, a little far from the city center. So, I thought it was silly to use the luxurious living space of a hotel just for sleeping, so I decided to get out of group activities because of …

The Sumida River, which symbolizes Edo (Tokyo) with a total length of 23.5 kilometers that pours into Tokyo Bay, is currently called the “Sumi River Bridge Group” with more than 30 bridges currently built. Each of these bridge blends into …

I thought of the bridge of the water capital Edo as Prague became an important trading route between Western and Eastern Europe due to the construction of the Charles Bridge. Edo (Tokyo) in the Edo era was built by the first shogun who ope…

The Charles Bridge over the Vltava River in Prague began its construction in 1357 under the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (also Charles I of Bohemia) and was completed in 1402 under the reign of Wenceslas IV. It is a huge bridge w…

After touring the various Gothic and Baroque buildings on Prague's Old Town Square, we were given 30 minutes of free time by the tour conductor gathering in front of the astronomical clock. Unlike western cities such as Paris and London, w…

The city tour of Prague, where I visited the packed tour, started from Prague Castle. Prague Castle was once the residence of the King of Bohemia and the Holy Roman Emperor, but is now home to the Presidential Office of the Czech Republic.…

The fall of the Berlin Wall was announced by the East German government on November 9, 1989, in a statement that could be taken as "de facto travel liberalization" in a statement declaring a substantial deregulation of travel and immigrati…

Our first place to stay on our "Baroque Road and Danube Excursion" pack trip, which left Narita on the itinerary from September 13 to September 23, 1995, was Dresden. And the next day, we visited the Meissen Porcelain Factory after a tour …

When the members of this 11-day Eastern and Central Europe packed tour met for the first time in the airport lobby before departure, among the members including me in blouson, cotton pants and sneakers, only women who seem to be around 60 …

Taking advantage of the two-week vacation system of 1995, I decided to take a packed tour of Dresden/Prague/Budapest/Vienna from September 13th to September 23rd. Also, at this time, it was necessary to apply for a "multi-visa" that combin…

"Lisbon Story" was filmed in 1995 by Director Wim Wenders in response to a request from the city of Lisbon for a "movie with the motif of Lisbon City", while a recording engineer rotated around and took pictures with the camera. , Some cas…

The highlight of this round trip in Portugal was the encounter with charming children. I've already picked up some of them, but this time, I remembered the friendly children who still have an unforgettable impression 25 years later. このポ…

One of the headaches I had on my trip around Portugal was to safely bring back the heavy and fragile cabin baggage such as vase, picture plate, and clay pot I bought at my destination. But it was worth the effort. I could decorate the vase…

The last night in Portugal was a dinner at the well-established Fado restaurant in Lisbon, and by the time our tour members arrived, the tables in the store were full of tourists. The band was made up of three people that night, and we wer…

On the second day of our stay in Lisbon at the end of our "tour tour of Portugal", we had a dinner at a restaurant listening to Fado's live show at night, and were otherwise free. So, after consulting with a young woman who took a walk in …