Liguria
Stop at Nervi

Stop at Nervi

On our way back from Santa Margherita Ligure in Liguria, northern Italy, we stopped off at Genoa Nervi, a railway station on the way. I knew the name of the town because it...

Liguria

Have the villa all to ourselves

Continuing our short trip to Santa Margherita Ligure in Liguria, northern Italy. The next morning, we planned to tour the town’s famous landmarks. We started walking toward the castle, but along the way,…

Liguria

To a restaurant after a night walk

On the day we arrived in Santa Margherita Ligure, Liguria, northern Italy, we went out again in the evening. It was just after 6 PM, but it was already pitch black. This is…

Liguria

Feeling déjà vu in Santa Margherita Ligure

We had a short trip to Liguria in Northern Italy for the first time in a while. This time, our destination was Santa Margherita Ligure, a place we’d never been to before. After…

Liguria

Fashionable shops, too

In the beautiful village of Verezzi in Liguria, Italy, there are fasionable shops.The first one I went in was selling pretty small items from Asia including Japan.The owner is a chatty Greek and he…

Sicily

Very good lunch in Ragusa Ibla

After finishing the fulfilling tour in Ragusa Ibla, an inland historic town in Sicily, we had lunch. Recommended by the manager of the hotel where we stayed, we sought out a restaurant called…

Torquay

The last ‘domestic trip’ in the UK

In mid-March, when the weather was not particularly good, we stayed in Torquay, a town in southwest England, for two nights. “Domestic travel refers to travel within the country of residence,” says AI….

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Visiting an exhibition of Ukiyo-e

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. A lot of people in Italy know the artist Katsushika Hokusai and his works, for example “the wave” or “36 views of mount Fuji”. They are on...
shopping
Shopping

Gintaro

This is a pendant I bought from a man who had a stall in Basanaviciaus Street in Palanga in Lithuania. He made it himself using the local amber and African wood ....
airlines
Airlines

All Nippon Airways

According to company’s official website, in December 1952, Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transports Co., Ltd was established with the goal of restoring regular air transportation services disrupted by WW II. The company started a helicopter...
food
Food

Italian in Vietnam

On the day we enjoyed Lantern Festival in Hoi An in Vietnam, we went to an Italian restaurant called Good Morning Vietnam. I felt a bit cheating to eat Italian foods in...
hotels
Hotels

The view from the hotel

This time, we stayed in a hotel called Hotel du Lac in Gardone Riviera on the shore of Lake Garda. It is a three star hotel and the room was very basic, but...
food
Restaurants

Very Good Seafood

When we arrived in Reggio di Calabria in southern Italy, it was lunch time, so the first thing we did was looking for a restaurant. The efficient person at our B&B...
food
Food

Simple and Tasty Lunch

This photo is my lunch from the tour in the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus. It is Souvlaki in pita bread with salad. Very simple and very tasty. My husband chose Stifado, which...
transports
Transports

Nardo at night

That night, we went to Nardo, an old town which is about 17 km south of Porto Cesareo where we stayed in Salento region in Apulia in south Italy. I thought there...