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…

Spain

Toledo station was very nice.

When we arrived at Toledo from Madrid by train, I was surprised to see the very nice staion. It looked like a building of Morocco or somewhere. The station is in the…

Caceres

After wandering, found a good restaurant

After finishing some sightseeing in Caceres, a town in western Spain, it’s time for lunch. It’s a small town, but there are many restaurants, so we were not worried at all. However, when…

Italy

Somewhere between clouds and the sea

From Foggia in Puglia, south Italy to Isole Tremiti, the islands in the Adriatic sea, I took a helicopter.Unfortunately when I flew, there were a lot of clouds, but because of that, I…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Moscow-USSR-4

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. There were some small things that impressed me in Moscow, because things were different from the west: One of these was that the newspapers were basically free and a...
shopping
Shopping

Coral in Sardinia

When we were walking in the streets of the old town of Alghero in Sardinia in Italy, we noticed that many shops were selling coral jewellery. According to our guidebook and our research on the...
airlines
Airlines

Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand‘s story began in April 1940 when its forerunner airline, Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) was incorporated. The route network was expanded from Australia and the Pacific to Asia, the USA, the UK...
food
Food

Fascinating port wine

During our stay in Oporto, a town in northern Portugal, we went for a walk after it got dark a few times. Mostly to the bustling areas along the Douro River. The famous...
hotels
Hotels

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...
food
Restaurants

small with lovely atmosphere

The restaurant we went on the last evening in Gdansk in Poland was called the Red Inn. We found it on the internet and it was very good. We shared the assorted...
food
Food

Ice cream for breakfast?

In the morning in Syracuse in the southeastern part of Sicily, Italy, we went out for an Italian breakfast, croissants and cappuccino. The Airbnb where we stayed was in the new town,...