In the UK, fish and chips
In Edinburgh, Scotland, I was already starving when we checked into our hotel. As usual, my husband searched for a place nearby where we could eat something nice, and found a fish and…
Kelso
The place we stayed this time was
In Edinburgh, Scotland, we stayed at the Heeton Concept Apart Hotel, located fairly close to the centre of the new town. We chose it based on location and price, but I realized it…
Five years have passed since then
We went to Edinburgh, Scotland for the first time in five years. Our previous trip was a month-long stay, but this time it was just a short four-night trip. It was my husband’s…
An overnight trip during the holiday
During our trip to Extremadura, Spain, we were staying in Caceres, but we wanted to go to Zafra, too, which is a little further south. Looking at the map, it wasn’t that far…
We planned to eat lightly
There is a retaurant that we stayed on until 4pm though their closing time was 3pm.The name of the restaurant is La Zi Ottavio (uncle Ottavio).We arrived in Monopoli after 2pm and worried…
Something we learned in Como (part 1)
On this Easter Sunday when we were staying in northern Italy, we had no plans at all, but wanted to go somewhere that we could have a good meal nearby, and in the…
In Moscow 1980
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we landed at the Moscow airport in April 1980, at the passport control we we found the officials wearing uniforms, with no smiles or no expressions. They looked...
shopping on Ishigaki Island
I cannot remember exactly where, but probably in the hotel, I got a booklet called “Ishigaki Sightseeing Guidebook 2017”. This booklet has a lot of information on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa, Japan...
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...
Restaurants are in a cave, too
In Matera, the cave houses town in south Italy, the restaurants are in the caves, too. You can enjoy the atmosphere and eat quite different foods from the ones in the north like...
Stay at Airbnb in Seregno
The town of Seregno in Lombardy, Italy, is about 30 kilometers north of Milan, right in the middle of the towns of Milan and Como. We rented an Airbnb in this town and...
Light lunch at an enoteca
We had lunch after visiting the main tourist attractions in Certaldo in the Tuscany region of Italy. We had been curious about Enoteca Boccaccio, which is located across the street from the Boccaccio...
The restaurant with good piglet meal
On the first night, we wanted to go to the restaurant listed in our guide book, but that one was fully booked.A woman there pointed ” That one is good” and it...
leaving Prince Edward Island by a small airplane
On the last day of our stay on Prince Edward Island in Canada, we walked around the port area of Charlottetown after checking out our very good hotel, Great George Hotel....
