Liguria
Feeling déjà vu in Santa Margherita Ligure

Feeling déjà vu in Santa Margherita Ligure

We had a short trip to Liguria in Northern Italy for the first time in a while. This time, our destination was Santa Margherita Ligure, a place we’d never been to before. After...

Piedmont

In Novara, where we went to see the ballet

Novara, located in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, is not well known, but it has many attractions, including a tall domed church and medieval buildings. And for a provincial city, it’s home…

Lombardy

Dining at the monastery

My husband told me he’d made a reservation at a restaurant inside the monastery, so I was very curious to see what kind of simple food I’d be served. The Torba Monastery is…

Lombardy

The spectacular St. Peter’s Church

The reason we decided to go to Pizzighettone in Lombardy, Italy, on this day was because we had seen a photo of this extravagant church, St. Peter’s Church. I had never seen a…

Japan

Crab sake

This is a photo of the crab sake. This was the first time I had it in my life. It was a very good Japanese sake with the subtle flavour of the…

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The country with a lot of new graves

I wanted to look over the town of Sarajevo, so went up a small hill. Then I came across a big graveyard with numerous white gravestones. The old gravestones looked like a…

Tuscany

Churches and a castle in Poggibonsi

On our trip to unknown towns in the Tuscany region of Italy, the next place we went was Poggibonsi. This is the point where people who go to San Gimignano by public transport…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Sakè in Japan

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In Italy the word sakè indicates a particular alcoholic drink typical from Japan, but the reality is not exatcly like that. In fact, in Japan the word...
shopping
Shopping

Selling by weight

In Volterra in Tuscany in Italy, we found one accessory shop which reproduce the ancient designs of Etruscans. The shop is called Fabula Etrusca and it is a cooperative of 5...
airlines
Airlines

Aeroflot airlines

Aeroflot – Russian airline, commonly known as Aeroflot, is the flag carrier of the Russian federation. The carrier operates domestic and international passenger services, mainly from its hub at Sheremetyevo International Airport. According to them...
food
Food

Paradise for gourmet

We went to #Borough #Market in #London where all of the gourmets in London gather.Our purpose was to buy rabbit meat which we cannot find in supermarkets.Here they open everyday except Sunday,...
hotels
Hotels

Hotel with the Best Location

We stayed in the Steinberger Hotel de Saxe in Dresden, Germany. It stands in the Neumarkt square, which is in the centre of the old town and we could see the Frauenkirche...
food
Hotels

The last dinner on this holiday

We stayed at the Residence Boutique Hotel in Sofia, the capital city, for the last night of our one-week trip to Bulgaria. In Sofia, we had stayed at a business hotel in front...
food
Food

Squid eggs, octopus innards, etc.

On Pellestrina, an island in the Veneto region of Italy, we walked around looking for a restaurant that we had been told was supposed to be open. This time, instead of going along the...
transports
Hotels

To unknown Tuscany

Our journey in Italy continues. We wanted to go to Tuscany for the first time in a while, but as we learned from our trip to Lake Como in April, famous places were...