This is our only choice in Clusone
We visited Clusone in Northern Italy for my husband’s Tai Chi event. We had a reservation for lunch at a restaurant called Commercio Mas-Ci’. We had actually visited this restaurant in June and…
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A Tai Chi Workshop in Clusone and a Visit to the Town
(This is my husband’s post.) I spent three days in Clusone, a beautiful town in the Seriana Valley, Italy, just a few kilometres from Bergamo, to take part in a tai chi workshop. Since…
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…
At the restaurant in Castelfiorentino
In Castelfiorentino, a town in the Tuscany region of Italy, my husband made a reservation at a restaurant called Il Gusto e il Tatto by mistake. He had intended to make a reservation…
Breathtaking Ming Sha Shan
From Liuyuan where we finally arrived at after a long train journey from Lanzhou in China, we took a minibus and after over two hours we settled in a hotel called…
Shopping in Murano
On the second day in Venice, we went to Murano by water bus. Years ago, when I was in Venice with my parents, we fell for the agent of a glass shop…
Udon of Kagawa
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Kagawa prefecture in Japan is famous for its Udon (kind of noodles prepared with flour of wheat). According to my Japanese friend, Udon that you can find...
Lapis lazuli
One of the things I was looking forward to in this South America tour was ‘stones’. Chile is the one of the major sources of Lapis Lazuli. This stone has an ultramarine...
British Airways
British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. According to the company’s official web site, on 25 August 1919, British...
Ishigaki beef, purple yam and Awamori
The first dinner we had in Ishigaki Island in Okinawa, Japan was the steak of Ishigaki beef. In the past, I only knew Kobe beef and Matsusaka beef and a couple more,...
“Mikazuki” Again
They said it was extremely hot this summer in Japan and we went there at the end of summer to visit our family and friends. It was not as hot as it...
Boat, view and ‘the Old Bridge’
In the evening, we went to the restaurant in the boat moored on the Danube, which was recommended by our tour guide. It was an...
Warming up with sake tasting
One of the main special products in Niigata is Japanese Sake without any doubt.We visited Takarajima sake brewery without booking.This small brewery was founded in 1885 and seemed to be one of those which...
A relaxing moment on a small boat
The weather improved on the third day of our short holiday in southern Germany. As planned, we took a trip from Stuttgart, where we were staying, to Tübingen. Stuttgart is undergoing heavy construction,...
