Apulia
Swim in the sea, round one

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...

Apulia

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…

Apulia

Something more intense than the mosaic

During our summer holiday in the Apulia region of southern Italy, we visited the towns of Maglie and Otranto the following day. We stopped in Maglie because we had read that it featured…

Lecce

Back in Lecce

After visiting a beautiful church in Galatina—a town in the Salento region of Apulia, southern Italy—we had lunch at a restaurant outside of the town. However, I’m skipping the details of that meal…

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The reconstructed bridge

The main attraction of Mostar, the biggest city in Herzegovina region is undoubtedly this Stari Most. It means ‘old bridge’ and originally build in 16th century. But in 1993 during the conflict,…

Italy

Hotel where Napoleon’s army was stationed

When we had a short holiday in Veneto in north Italy, we stayed one night at a hotel called Ca’Sette which was in the suburbs of Bassano del Grappa. This property was…

Ravenna

Sheep and cows

The last place we visited during our mosaic tour in Ravenna in Italy was Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe, which is about 5 km away from the centre of Ravenna.We could see…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

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
Shopping

Shopping in the Disappointing Puerto de la Cruz

We left La Laguna, the old capital of Tenerife in Spain, which was a lovely place that exceeded our expectations and moved to Puerto de la Cruz, the second place we stayed on the island....
airlines
Airlines

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...
food
Food

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,...
hotels
Hotels

About the spa in the hotel

We stayed in a hotel called Ostuni Palace in Ostuni in Italy.The first thing we noticed was this sign.'Oh, they have got a spa' we said and asked the receptionist what kind...
food
Restaurants

Surprised at the cold meal

After sightseeing in the town of Carmona in Andalusia, Spain, we went to a restaurant recommended by the guidebook. Named Molino de la Romera, the restaurant is housed in a 16th century Moorish...
food
Food

The first winery

The first winery I visited in Langhe in Piedmont in Italy was called Salvano.I just rang the door bell and popped in and found it was not open on Saturday.But the receptionist said...
transports
Transports

taking a boat in Oslo

Coming back from the walking tour on the river where they redeveloped well to the port area in Oslo, Norway, we found that this area has been redeveloped as well and...