Finish our holiday at the Venetian Fortress
After enjoying lunch in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, we decided to explore the area. Since our return flight was late that day, we still had time. After considering the museum and the beach, we…
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Dining in Heraklion
Well, our summer holiday in Agios Nikolaos in eastern Crete, Greece, has finally come to an end. After checking out of our Airbnb, we took a taxi to Heraklion, where the airport is…
About the 2,400-year-old tree and others
Next up on our tour of the inland eastern Crete, Greece, was lunch. Expectations were high after the excellent lunch on our last tour, but this time was a disappointment. We were asked…
Capuchin Monastery and Old Town Hall in Brno
Soon after we came back to Brno from Telč in Czech Republic, we continued sightseeing in the town. First, we visited the Capuchin Monastery which I was intrigued during the walking…
The delicious foods we had in Cefalu
One of the things I was looking forward to in Cefalu, a seaside town on the Italian island of Sicily was lunch. Because it’s by the sea, I thought I could eat fresh…
The traditional puppet show
Sicily has a unique culture among Italy, and one of them is the puppet show. On the third day after we started “living” in Syracuse, we went to see the puppet show….
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...
Sandals of Sparta
This is a photo of the sandals I bought in Mykonos. Apparently the Spartan people were wearing them in the 8th century BC. I bought these from a man who designed them...
Air France
Air France (formally Société Air France, S.A.), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France (north of Paris). The airline’s global hub is at Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport. According to the...
Feeling Happy With Good Seafood
We went to a restaurant listed in our guide book in the small fishing village of Latchi in Cyprus. There were not many tourists around at this time of the season and restaurants...
Lovely hotel
The Apollonian Palace Hotel in Ermoupoli in Syros was wonderful. We booked the room called Delux Sea View, which ...
seeking Porceddu
There are many kinds of great seafood in Sardinia in Italy, but also they have unique meat dishes. The most famous one is Porceddu which is a whole roasted suckling piglet. I...
Revisiting the cake shop in Sintra
We came down into the town from the Pena Palace on the outskirts of Sintra, Portugal. After all, we were hungry, so we didn’t look for anything and went straight to a bakery...
A bad start of our excursion to Procida
While spending our summer holiday on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, we took a day trip to the nearby island of Procida. On the main street of Forio where we were...
