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
In Novara, where we went to see the ballet
Novara, located in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, is not well known, but it has many attractions, including a tall domed church and medieval buildings. And for a provincial city, it’s home…
Dining at the monastery
My husband told me he’d made a reservation at a restaurant inside the monastery, so I was very curious to see what kind of simple food I’d be served. The Torba Monastery is…
Toledo station was very nice.
When we arrived at Toledo from Madrid by train, I was surprised to see the very nice staion. It looked like a building of Morocco or somewhere. The station is in the…
Lovely Como Lake
This was the second time for me to take a boat on Como Lake in north Italy. The first time was a few years ago, in June, the boat went all the way…
Sightseeing in Saint Petersburg started
The first thing we did on our cruise holiday from Saint Petersburg to Moscow was a sightseeing tour in Saint Petersburg. We stayed in the moored ship and went to the centre…
Meditate in a Zen garden
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in Kansai area I had the opportunity to visit the temple Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, which has one of the most important Zen gardens in...
buying a saddlebag from a Bakhtiari family
We had a long drive in the hilly terrain from Daran, a small town in Iran to the area called Marboreh. On the way, there was a dam and we were checked...
Aeroflot airlines
Aeroflot – Russian airline, commonly known as Aeroflot, is the flag carrier of the Russian federation. The carrier operates domestic and international passenger services, mainly from its hub at Sheremetyevo International Airport. According to them...
We planned to eat lightly
There is a retaurant that we stayed on until 4pm though their closing time was 3pm.The name of the restaurant is La Zi Ottavio (uncle Ottavio).We arrived in Monopoli after 2pm and worried...
Bristol Hotel
Our hotel in Yalta was Bristol Hotel. This year, they had their 150th birthday. For a long time, it had been the only hotel in the town. I imagined some kind...
Interesting and Eerie Pub
On the way back from Dartmoor, in the southwest of England, we stopped at a village called Colnbrook, near Heathrow Airport, before going back to London. We had lunch in a ...
Enjoyed the fresh seafood
In the seaside town of Otranto in southern Italy, we enjoyed fresh seafood. In the first evening, we went to a restaurant called L’altro Baffo, which was recommended not only the hotel...
Airport and the flight on the way back
It’s almost time to say goodbye to Barra Island in the Hebrides, Scotland, where we spent the night. We took a bus to the airport from the Castlebay bus stop. The flight was...
