Northumberland
In the town of Alnwick

In the town of Alnwick

The minibus tour that departed from Edinburgh, Scotland, crossed the border into England. You might think it’s strange to call it a “border” since it’s all part of the UK, but the UK...

Kelso

On a tour

On our second day in Edinburgh, Scotland, we took a tour heading south. The tour company was our usual, Rabbie’s. We’ve used this company quite a few times since our first tour in…

Edinburgh

In the UK, fish and chips

In Edinburgh, Scotland, I was already starving when we checked into our hotel. As usual, my husband searched for a place nearby where we could eat something nice, and found a fish and…

Edinburgh

The place we stayed this time was

In Edinburgh, Scotland, we stayed at the Heeton Concept Apart Hotel, located fairly close to the centre of the new town. We chose it based on location and price, but I realized it…

Sicily

People who makes the traditional carts

After visiting the Baron’s family in Ragusa Ibla, a historic town in Sicily, Baron Arezzo took us to a traditional cart workshop. This workshop, Cinabro Carrettieri, is the final stop of the tour….

Greece

Crete – horse in port

I don’t know why but I like this picture, in Crete an horse in not so typical and this one was a touristic carriage, in any case I like that…

Apulia

Turning bridge

We visited #Taranto, a town in #Puglia in southern Italy.I had passed here a few times, but it was the first time to walk there.Unfortunately the weather was bad.This is a photo…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

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
Hotels

Ryokan with Sunset and Murakami Kibori Tsuishu

We stayed at the seaside Ryokan (a Japanese style hotel) called ‘Taikanso Senami no Yu’ in Murakami in the Niigata Prefecture in Japan. According to the information on the internet, the hot spring...
airlines
Airlines

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...
food
Food

Ceramics, Grappa and Prosecco

Bassano del Grappa in Veneto in north Italy is famous for its ceramics. There were many shops selling pretty colourful items, so we decided to ...
hotels
Hotels

Lovely hotel and town walk

Zafra, a town in Extremadura, Spain, is an Andalusian-like white town, so much so that it is sometimes called “Little Seville”. We stayed one night at Hotel Plaza Grande, a hotel located...
food
Restaurants

a very nice restaurant in Bosa

On the day we visited Bosa, a town on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy, after visiting the ruins of a castle on a hill, we first made a reservation for lunch. As...
food
Food

Went to Yobuko to eat squid

We went to Yobuko in Saga prefecture in Japan with my family to eat squid. We crossed a long corridor from the shore to the restaurant called “Manbou”. They ushered us to...
transports
Transports

Modern metro

The metro in Madrid was modern compared with ones in London, Milan or Paris.The trains themselves looked relatively new and there are no graffiti like Milan trains and felt brighter than the ones...