Revisiting Nardò
We had visited Nardò, in the Apulia region of Southern Italy, on a previous trip to the area. It was a charming town, but I felt I hadn’t really explored it thoroughly, so…
Apulia
Ballet in Piazza del Duomo
During our summer holiday in Lecce—a historic town in the Apulia region of Southern Italy—we spent an evening watching a ballet performance at an open-air theatre set up in the Piazza del Duomo….
Because a wooden one would be too heavy
Continuing our tour of churches in Lecce, in the Puglia region of Southern Italy. After the Duomo, we visited the Church of Santa Chiara, which dates back to the 15th century. I was…
Astonishing blue
After the Blue Caves in Zakynthos in Greece, our tour headed for the famous Shipwreck Beach. Geographically, the Blue Caves are at the north end of the island and the Shipwreck Beach is…
Sunset at Ipanema
In the evening, we went out to the famous Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro to see the sunset. On Ipanema beach, if you stand facing the sea, you can see a…
A craft shop
I love visiting craft shops while I am travelling.At Isole di Tremiti in south Italy, I could not see many of them, maybe because it is a small place and it was not…
Moscow-USSR-2
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we started our stay, they gave us our group itinerary, which included our free days to do whatever we wanted. But we were allowed to move around only...
Meeting Sani people in Shilin
After sightseeing in Shilin National Park in China, we moved to the village of the Sani people who guided us as promised. The singing woman’s house was a small general shop. They...
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...
Hida Beef
We went to Takayama from Shirakawago in Japan by bus. What I was looking forward to in Takayama was...
Its only redeeming feature is its spaciousness
In Casablanca, Morocco, we stayed in a regular hotel for the first time on this trip. Up until then (and going forward), we had always stayed in riads. The hotel was the Melliber...
the second restaurant in Looe and the bar in our accommodation
The second restaurant we had booked in Looe, the seaside town in Cornwall in the south western England was called The Sardine Factory Restaurant. When we started walking in the morning,...
the beautiful beach and the touristy fishing village
On another day during our summer holiday in the south of Sicily in Italy, the guide who looked after us on the first day took us to San Lorenzo beach and...
To Isle of Wight
We joined a one day tour to Isle of Wight, south of England, because I found a good discount offer.The meeting time was very early.The bus journey from London was 2 and...
