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…
Sunny Boston
On the last day of our stay in the US, we could see Boston in the sun at last. The power of the sun is great. I felt like I could understand…
Quite good B&B
In Sarajevo, I stayed in a hotel called Kandilj Pansion.I do not know how you pronounce it.It is too small to call it a hotel with about 10 rooms.It was convenient, located…
To Sulmona
We visited Sulmona in Abruzzo in the middle part of Italy. This time, a guide called Guido, who was introduced to us by friends, showed us around. This town is situated inland…
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 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....
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...
The Last Place Was a Sake Brewery in Akita
The last place we visited during our family holiday in Akita prefecture, Japan, was a sake brewery. It was called Suzuki Sake Brewery, which makes Japanese sake called “Hideyoshi“. We chose...
The hotel which used to be a powder magazine
The old town of Monopoli, south Italy is surrounded by the wall with a lot of cannons on top of it.I stayed a hotel just inside the wall called Hotel Don Ferrante.It opened...
two Italian restaurants on Ishigaki Island
While we were staying on Ishigaki Island in Okinwa, Japan, we went to two Italian restaurants. One was called Il Pozzo. When we were walking on the back streets in the Ishigaki...
We found a cheap restaurant
We returned to Forio, where we were staying, from the Aragonese Castle, the most popular tourist spot on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, for lunch. I had thought from lunch the...
Frecciarossa from Paris to Milan
For the first time, we travelled by train from Paris, France to Milan, Italy. Our starting point was Gare de Lyon, the same station where we took the train to Fontainebleau a few...
