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….
Apulia
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…
A town that had as many as 120 churches
Lecce, in the Puglia region of Southern Italy, is said to have once been home to as many as 120 churches. I learned this while participating in a walking tour (costing €20, per…
Economy in islands
Greece is famous for its financial collapse and caused a lot of problems for the world economy. One time the demonstrations of people were broadcast nearly everyday. But here in Santorini or…
To Sremski Karlovci
We arranged a private tour from Belgrade to Novi Sad, the second biggest city in Serbia. The walking tour company we joined the day before also ran tours to some places…
Potato festival in rain
Keszthely — very difficult to pronounce — is a major town in the south end of Lake Balaton. The weather was awful, but they were trying enjoying their potato festival. We joined and…
Moscow-USSR-2
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we started our stay, they gave us our group itinerary, which included our free days to do whatever we wanted. But we were allowed to move around only...
salt mine
What do you think is this pendant made of? It is made of salt. I bought it because I like this texture, but when I bought it, they warned me “Do not...
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...
Restaurants are in a cave, too
In Matera, the cave houses town in south Italy, the restaurants are in the caves, too. You can enjoy the atmosphere and eat quite different foods from the ones in the north like...
A good hotel
This time in Verona, I stayed in Hotel San Luca.The hotel I had stayed last time, which was satisfactory was full, so I chose San Luca because of the good location.It was a...
meat dish in Solferino
I saw a weird photo of a wall with many skulls on a website and found out that it was in a town called Solferino which is not too far from Milan...
Eat oysters
Because I said I like oysters, Max, the tour leader took us to a small town called Curaco de Velez by ferry from the main Chiloe Island in Chile. There are apparently...
Another thing I wanted to do here
One of the things I wanted to do in Dubrovnik, Croatia is to take a ropeway on a sunny day and look down on the old town from far above the sky. The...
