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…
Apulia
Although not designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
During our summer holiday in Lecce—an old city in the Apulia region of southern Italy—we decided to use it as a base to explore various parts of the Salento area. The Salento region…
Milan prices
On the first day of our summer holiday in Lecce, Puglia (Southern Italy), we took a break at our Airbnb and then searched online for a delicious dinner spot. Naturally, given the region’s…
Finnish Dish
We asked the hotel receptionist to recommend some Finnish restaurants in Helsinki, as it was just about lunch time when we arrived there. She said “Aino is good. They are not so…
Central Station of Milan
We used to live in Milan for nearly half of the year and the Central Station was simply our commuting station. However, this time when we took our family there to show them…
The delicious foods we had in Cefalu
One of the things I was looking forward to in Cefalu, a seaside town on the Italian island of Sicily was lunch. Because it’s by the sea, I thought I could eat fresh…
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...
a Japanese in San Telmo
On Sunday in Buenos Aires in Argentina, we went to the antique market in San Telmo area which we had also been to last time. We took a taxi from Recoleta area and...
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 street food market at night and the starry sky tour in Turpan
We decided to join the Starry Sky Tour run by the driver of the donkey carriage which we had taken when we were looking for a hotel in Turpan in China. It...
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...
The accommodation and our first meal
For our summer holiday in Ischia, Italy, we stayed at Airbnb. For the past four years, we have always chosen Airbnb for long-term stays. The Airbnb we chose in Forio, Ischia, was the...
The Cake in Sintra
On the second day in Lisbon in Portugal, we had a private tour to Sintra, which we had booked before coming to the country. Sintra is about 30km northwest of Lisbon and...
large wooden freight ship and tub-turned boat
If you go up the slope from the Shukunegi Old Town area in Sado Island in Japan, you will find the Ogi Filk Museum. We heard that there was a restored Sengokubune,...
