matatabby's photostream

I'm Japanese and lived in London with my husband and our cat from 2001 to 2009.
We came back to Japan on March 2009.
Most of the travel pictures were taken by my husband.

* Unfinished travel sets are marked " * " last.


Meaning of my handle name

"Matatabi", a Japanese word means "silvervine" which is a plant.
Cats get drunk on the smell of "matatabi" like catnip.

"Mata" - "tabi" also means "again" - "travel".

And I like cats, so I replaced "tabi" with "tabby".

********************************************************

英語は得意ではありません…いや、苦手です。(きっぱり)
間違いがあったら遠慮なくご指摘ください。

※ 未完成の旅行 set には最後に " * " が付してあります。


Visited European Countries


create your personalized map of europe (→ worldwide edition)

Austria
1989/02 Vienna, Salzburg
1997/10 Salzburg, St.Gilgen, Vienna
2005/04 Vienna
2005/08 Hallstatt, Obertraun, St. Wolfgang, St. Gilgen, Salzburg

Belgium
2002/03 Brugge, Antwerp, Brussels

Czech Republic
2003/04 Prague

England, Scotland, Wales (United Kingdom except Nothern Ireland)
*I've been in London from 2001 to 2009.
1989/03 London
2001/08 Cotswolds (Blenheim Palace, Burford, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold)
2001/09 Stonehenge, Salisbury
2001/09 Seven Sisters
2001/10 Rye
2001/10 Leeds Castle
2001/10 Derby, Peak Destrict
2001/12 Bristol
2001/12 Windsor
2002/02 Cambridge
2002/03 Henley-on-Thames, Marlow
2002/04 Canterbury, Thilham Village
2002/05 Edinburgh
2002/07 Oxford
2002/08 Stratford-upon-Avon
2002/08 Lake District (including Windermere, Bowness, Glasmere)
2002/08 Cardiff
2002/09 York
2003/04 Kew Gardens
2003/06 Hastings
2003/06 Hampton Court Palace
2003/07 Henley on Thames
2003/08 Cotswolds (Chipping Campden, Broadway, Winchcomb, Cheltenham, Bibury, Burford, Castle Combe, Lacock)
2003/09 Bath
2004/07 Edinburgh
2005/-- London
2005/09 Openhouse London
2006/-- London
2006/06 Oxford
2006/09 Openhouse London
2007/-- London
2007/03 Cotswolds (Chipping Campden, Bourton-on-the-Water, Bibury, Burford)

France
1989/02 Paris
2002/12 Paris
2003/05 Strasbourg, Obernai, Selestat, Ribeauville, Riquewihr, Kaisersberg, Colmar
2008/05 Strasbourg, Colmar, Eguisheim, Kaisersberg, Riquewihr, Ribeauville, Obernai

Germany
1989/02 Rothenburg, Heidelberg, Freiburg
1991/09 Leipzig, Berlin
1997/10 Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Rothenburg, Munich, Schwangau
2001/08 Leipzig, Erfurt
2002/12-03/01 Berlin, Leipzig
2003/05 Freiburg
2004/07 Tubingen, Ulm, Dinkelsbuhl, Rothenburg, Schwabisch Hall, Baden Baden
2004/08 Leipzig, Dresden, Halle
2004/12 Stuttgart, Esslingen
2005/06 Potsdam, Berlin
2005/08 Lubeck, Celle, Goslar, Wernigerode, Quedlinburg
2005/09 Dusseldorf, Cologne
2005/12 Munich
2006/08 Schwangau, Fussen, Oberamergau, Mittenwald
2006/12 Nurnberg
2007/05 Bernkastel-Kues, Cochem, Trier
2007/08 Mainz, Rudesheim, Bachrach, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel
2007/12 Leipzig

Greece
1989/02 Athens, Aegina, Poros
2005/03 Athens, Poros, Hydra, Aegina

Italy
1989/02 Rome, Pompeii, Napoli, Florence, Pisa, Venice
2002/05-06 Venice
2003/10 Verona
2004/04 Rome, Tivoli
2006/04 Sicily [Palermo, Taormina, Castelmola, Monreale]
2007/05 Florence, Pisa
2008/03 Sardigna [Alghero, Castelsardo, Bosa, Cagliari]

Luxembourg
2007/05 Luxembourg

Malta
2006/04 Valletta, Blue Grotto

Netherlands
2004/03 Amsterdam

Norway
2004/04-05 Oslo, Bengen, Fjord

Portugal
2006/02 Porto

Spain
1989/02 Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo
2003/05 Barcelona
2006/07 Granada, Montefrio
2006/12 Barcelona, Montserrat, Girona
2007/02 Valencia
2007/04 Madrid, Aranjuez, Segovia, Toledo

Switzerland
1989/02 Bern, Interlaken, Jungflau
2003/08 Bern, Berner Oberlant (including Interlaken,Grindelwald, Jungflau) , Luzern, Zurich

Vatican City
1989/02
2004/04


* except Europe

Egypt
2005/12-06/01 Cairo, Abu Simbel, Aswan, Luxor

Turkey
2004/12 Istanbul
2006/05 Istanbul

China
1988/05 Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Guilin

Japan
I'm from Japan!

********************************************************