The hotel and the enoteca in Parma
On that day, we entered Emilia-Romagna from Cremona in Lombardy, Northern Italy, and stayed overnight in Parma. On the way, we stopped off in Fontanellato, where there is a castle called Rocca San…
Parma
Dining at the palace
In Cremona, Northern Italy, we had been going to a restaurant called “Violino”, but this time we decided to go for something different and made a reservation at Hosteria 700, which my husband…
A violin maker who is also a good talker
It was a Monday when we walked around Cremona in Northern Italy with our friend and his wife. Monday is the day when many museums around the world are closed. The Violin Museum,…
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…
Innocent Father
When we took the boat to go around Athos peninsula in Greece, we saw one Father with female religious group. He started giving some pieces of bread or something to seagulls flying…
Concept of check
This photo was taken in a restaurant at Torrechiara in Emilia Romagna, Italy.As you can see, the check cloth is often used as a table cloth not only in Italy.In Italy, ‘check’ is…
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...
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...
Qantas Airlines
Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest domestic and international airline. Registered originally as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited (QANTAS), Qantas is widely regarded as...
Two panna cotta
I love panna cotta.I first tasted it long time ago when I asked for a cream caramel in a restaurant in Firenze which they did not have and instead persuaded me to try...
Ryokan with Sunset and Murakami Kibori Tsuishu
We stayed at the seaside Ryokan (a Japanese style hotel) called ‘Taikanso Senami no Yu’ in Murakami in the Niigata Prefecture in Japan. According to the information on the internet, the hot spring...
the last lunch in Rhodes Town
The last meal we had in Rhodes in Greece was at the restaurant called Tverna Kostas which my husband had found on the internet. It is located in the old town, but...
Piedmont, bread and grissini
bread and grissini
Run full speed on the sea at night
Yalta was in full swing at night. We had a walk along the promenade and found that the speed boat was just about to go. So we decided to have a...
