Revisiting Nardò
We had visited Nardò, in the Apulia region of Southern Italy, on a previous trip to the area. It was a charming town, but I felt I hadn’t really explored it thoroughly, so…
Apulia
Ballet in Piazza del Duomo
During our summer holiday in Lecce—a historic town in the Apulia region of Southern Italy—we spent an evening watching a ballet performance at an open-air theatre set up in the Piazza del Duomo….
Because a wooden one would be too heavy
Continuing our tour of churches in Lecce, in the Puglia region of Southern Italy. After the Duomo, we visited the Church of Santa Chiara, which dates back to the 15th century. I was…
Balaklava
The bay of Balaklava in Ukraine goes into the land like fjord, so you cannot see it from the sea. That was the main point why this town was popular in…
Volcano island
The first destination of the Santorini sight-seeing boat was the island of Nea Kameni. This one is a relatively new island formed by an eruption of the submarine volcano in 1711.It is full of…
To the Isle of Man
We went to the Isle of Man during the early May bank holiday. My husband used to collect stamps and his first collection was those of Isle of Man, without knowing…
Excursion to Nara
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in Osaka we decided to go to Nara for one day. Nara was the first capital of Japan. It took us almost one hour...
a Japanese in San Telmo
On Sunday in Buenos Aires in Argentina, we went to the antique market in San Telmo area which we had also been to last time. We took a taxi from Recoleta area and...
Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi
Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
visiting a sake brewery again
Niigata in Japan is famous for its sake. You cannot leave here without visiting a sake brewery or two. We visited one in the past when we came here a few years...
A town called Torquay
The reason why we chose Torquay, a town in southwest England, as our last domestic trip in the UK is because there was someone we wanted to meet. My husband meets her every...
Reunited with a wonderful voice
We had a reservation for Fado at night on the day of the accident at Olaias, a metro station in Lisbon, Portugal. It was the restaurant we visited last time when we were...
Conger special restaurant
A friend of ours took us to a restaurant in Nihonbashi in Tokyo called “Tamai” which is specialised in conger eel dishes. I had never eaten conger eel apart from the one...
metro in Moscow
On the first day in Moscow in Russia, we joined the optional tour called “Moscow at Night” which started at 9 pm. Basically, this was the tour visiting Moscow metro stations. The guide...
