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…
Disguise and take a photo
There are services for tourists to let them wear some historical costumes and take professional photos in many countiries in the world. As a matter of fact, I like it. So…
Spring in the park
In Europe, the winter this year was very long. In the latter half of April, at last we had a fine day, sunny and warm. Most of Londoners must have gone out…
Music competition?
I still do not know what festival happening on the day when we visited Basel in Switzerland, but all over the town the music parade was going on just like this shop window….
JR Rail Pass
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. This time the destination of my travel was Japan. I did not have the time to settle myself down in Tokyo in the house of my close...
taking the sand of Prince Edward Island back home
On the second day on Prince Edward Island in Canada, we were going to do the taxi tour on the island. The driver, Billy, whom we had met the day before...
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...
BHV
We went into a cafe restaurant near Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris for lunch. I had some quiche, which was not bad, but very expensive. You have to avoid the tourist area for eating,...
“Mikazuki” Again
They said it was extremely hot this summer in Japan and we went there at the end of summer to visit our family and friends. It was not as hot as it...
Delicious lunch in a rustic village
During our visit the villages of Sierra de Francia, a mountainous region in western Spain by chartered taxi, we went to San Martín del Castañar, too. We let Agustin, our driver, choose the...
A restaurant with only men
In St Moritz in Switzerland, we went to a restaurant called Piz, which was recommended by a staff in our hotel. It was nicely decorated with the fairly tale image of Switzerland, but...
A bad start of our excursion to Procida
While spending our summer holiday on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, we took a day trip to the nearby island of Procida. On the main street of Forio where we were...
