Apulia
Seafood tapas restaurant

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...

Apulia

Something more intense than the mosaic

During our summer holiday in the Apulia region of southern Italy, we visited the towns of Maglie and Otranto the following day. We stopped in Maglie because we had read that it featured…

Lecce

Back in Lecce

After visiting a beautiful church in Galatina—a town in the Salento region of Apulia, southern Italy—we had lunch at a restaurant outside of the town. However, I’m skipping the details of that meal…

Triest

Cathedral

On the hill of San Giusto in Trieste in Italy, there is a cathedral. It is not the gorgeous sort of chuch, but pure and beautiful stone one. Apparently, in the…

Lombardy

Excursion to Brescia

On a sunny Sunday, I went to Brescia where I could not go in April.This is the second largest city in Lombardy region in north Italy, after Milan and has got…

Lombardy

Stay at Airbnb in Seregno

The town of Seregno in Lombardy, Italy, is about 30 kilometers north of Milan, right in the middle of the towns of Milan and Como. We rented an Airbnb in this town and…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

USSR, Moscow 1980 – 3

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. Walking around in Moscow, we were surprised to see no foods on the shelves in the supermarket, included the famous department store called Gum. But in the hotel we...
shopping
Shopping

a Japanese in San Telmo

On Sunday in Buenos Aires in Argentina, we went to the antique market in San Telmo area which we had also been to last time. We took a taxi from Recoleta area and...
airlines
Airlines

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...
food
Food

When in Otaru, eat sushi

There is a “Sushi Street” in Otaru in Hokkaido, Japan, where there are as many as 20 sushi restaurants.The Rickshaw driver's first choice was unfortunately closed on the day, so we went...
hotels
Hotels

Very reasonably priced hotel

The first hotel we stayed in Coimbra in Portugal was three star Hotel Oslo which was very close to Coimbra A station.The exterior of the building was not particularly special, but the...
food
Restaurants

after seeing the Etruscan Arch, lunch time

We walked from Piazza IV Novembre towards Etruscan Arch in Perugia in Umbria, Italy. Walking west from the Cathedral of San Lorenzo into Via Battisti, we came out to the point where...
food
Food

Eat at the terrace

This is a photo of a dish of polenta and octpus. This was recommended by this restaurant called Restoran Tinel in Sibenik where we looked for. On top of this, we...
transports
Transports

Water bus is for everyone

Whenever you get out of Santa Lucia station of Venice, you would open your mouth seeing the breathtaking beauty.This was my 4th visit after 9 years, but I was spellbound by the view.In this...