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…
Shopska Salad
This dish is called Shopska Salad, which we ate many times in Macedonia. In Japan it is introduced as a Bulgarian dish. It is the same thing. A simple salad with pieces of…
Revisiting the cake shop in Sintra
We came down into the town from the Pena Palace on the outskirts of Sintra, Portugal. After all, we were hungry, so we didn’t look for anything and went straight to a bakery…
Exciting old town
The old part of Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was built by Ottoman Turkey. The streets are full of small shops, which made me excited. It is divided by…
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...
Shopping at the market
On the first day we started ‘living’ in Syracuse, a town in the south eastern part of Sicily in Italy, we went shopping at the wet market. Crossing the bridge from the new...
Traveling by Air: Connecting Worlds
We love exploring new destinations and the journey is often as exciting as the arrival. While we are currently updating our archives on airlines and flight experiences, we look forward to sharing more insights on...
Eating boar
This is a meal I had in Heidelberg in Germany. The meat is boar. The boar meat is more common than reindeer or bear I had this year, but still a bit special,...
A Very Surreal Hot-Spring Ryokan
The next place we visited in the Oga Peninsula in the Akita prefecture in Japan was Oga Aquarium GAO. In fact, the reason we had decided to visit Oga Peninsula was that my...
Chilled red
It’s time for lunch in Modica, an inland town in Sicily, Italy. We went looking for a restaurant recommended by the curator of St. Peter’s Church. It is called Osteria dei Sapori Perduti...
Very Popular Ice Cream Shop
When the manager in our B&B in Reggio di Calabria in southern Italy was explaining about the town, she pointed out the ice cream shop on the map, though we did...
‘ Knossos Palace’, a highlight of the holiday
The ferry journey from Athens to Crete was a highlight of our summer holiday of that year. The big ferry called ‘Knossos Palace’ was a decent hotel on the sea. The cabin was more...
