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…
Lecce
Swim in the sea, round one
A summer holiday wouldn’t be complete without a trip to the beach. We headed to Baia dei Turchi, a beach located about 5.5 kilometres along the coast from Otranto, in the Apulia region…
Seafood tapas restaurant
In Otranto, in the southern Italian region of Apulia, our first-choice restaurant happened to be closed for lunch on Thursdays— and it was a Thursday. My husband mentioned that the owner—or someone who…
Hungary, local market 2
Another picture of a local market in Keszthely.
Visiting the theatre
The Municipal Theatre in Rio de Janeiro is situated in the square called Cinelandia where there used to be many cinemas. When we were there, the theatre was not showing any performances…
Superb view
The first place where the taxi we ordered in Monsanto, Portugal took us was another village called …
Eat Italian food in Tokyo
This is my friend, Bangly's posting. Usually when I travel I like to be totally absorbed in local customs, so I eat only local foods because foods are one of the forms of...
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...
The tasty things in Malta
I have already written that seafood, vegetables and wines were very good in Malta, but the thing I must not forget is bread. Usually, I am not very keen on carbohydrate stuff,...
the hotel in a super yacht
The hotel we stayed in Gibraltar was unusual. An anchored boat was the hotel. Its name was Sunborn. We did not feel that we were in a boat when we were in...
Beer garden
The rooftop beer gardens are one of the Japanese seasonal traditions for summer. A friend of mine had booked a table in...
Food market
The last place we visited in our Tuscany trip was Citta di Castello in Umbria. We went there because we had heard it is a beautiful place, but when we went into...
Eurostar was smooth
I took Eurostar from London to Paris this time.It was a smooth journey without any problems.It is nice to find yourself in the middle of the city when you arrive there, which is...
