Vigoleno, a tiny, charming village
Vigoleno, located in Italy‘s Emilia-Romagna region, is a truly tiny and charming village. We visited there for a day trip one Sunday in June. When we arrived at the car park, I could…
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Art Museum and Wine Bar
Next in Edinburgh, Scotland, we visited the National Gallery. Looking back, I realised it had been a full eleven years since our last visit—not five, as I had thought. It is a museum…
Have to go there at least once
We revisited the Whiski Bar in Edinburgh, Scotland—a place we’d always felt we simply *had* to visit. We remembered it was located on the Royal Mile, so we found it quite quickly. We…
Meissen Porcelain Museum
We went to the famous Meissen Porcelain Museum just to have a topic of conversation. Meissen Porcelain is the manufacturer who first succeeded in making porcelain in Europe and was protected by…
Sultry Pamukkale
I always wanted to visit Pamukkale in Turkey. I have seen many photos with white terraced field with pail blue water. Unexpected thing was how we encounter this area. This white area is in…
Simple Lunch on the Seashore of Anaga
Anaga Natural Park in Tenerife, in Spain, is as large as 14,419 hectares. There are over 120 kinds of endemic plants and animals there, apparently. The jugged mountains are the centre of…
‘Read’ a pasta dish
Talking with a Japanese friend of mine, Koji, who is a wine and food expert, I learned that there is an Italian dish called Napolitan in Japan, which I did not know that existed.
The first thing we planned to do was my husband’s haircut, and shopping
On the last morning of our short holiday in Florence, Italy, the view from the window was foggy and vague. This was also beautiful. This room with a view of Hotel degli Orafi...
Traveling by Air: Connecting Worlds
We love exploring new destinations and the journey is often as exciting as the arrival. While we are currently updating our archives on airlines and flight experiences, we look forward to sharing more insights on...
Very good lunch
The tour in Tinos took us to lunch soon after the first visit to the church, probably thinking “an army marches on its stomach”.Where we went was a restaurant in a village...
to Rhodes seeking the view of warm sea
We missed the view of warm sea, so decided to visit Rhodes in Greece just as a long weekend. Our flight was from Gatwick Airport in London and the departure time was...
Our priority was lunch
We only stayed one night in Zafra, a town in the western part of Spain, and returned to Caceres in the afternoon of this day. We had a reservation for the 3:35pm bus,...
Today’s wine
The name of the wine I had today in Monza in northern Italy was shocking.It is called 'Hell (Inferno)' .This wine is from Valtellina area, a little more north than Monza.Apparently it is not...
The tram in Oporto and the Atlantic Ocean
Our holiday in Oporto, Portugal was very short, staying there only two nights. On the last day, we enjoyed walking around town until the time of the flight. In addition to walking, we...
