Learning the word “Pignolo”
We spent this summer holiday in Lecce, an old city in the Puglia region of Italy. We chose this location because an intensive Tai Chi workshop—a passion of my husband’s—was being held there….
Lecce
Vigoleno, a tiny, charming village
Vigoleno, located in Italy‘s Emilia-Romagna region, is a truly tiny and charming village. We visited there for a day trip one Sunday in June. When we arrived at the car park, I could…
Art Museum and Wine Bar
Next in Edinburgh, Scotland, we visited the National Gallery. Looking back, I realised it had been a full eleven years since our last visit—not five, as I had thought. It is a museum…
Leading characters were seals
During our short trip to the north in England, we visited Walney Island. There is a nature reserve area here and you need to pay ￡3 to enter. There are no staff…
Around Place d’Armes in Montreal
After seeing Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal in Canada, we went out to the Place d’Armes in front and heard the live performance of jazz music. The Montreal Jazz Festival had been…
The sunset from the boat
The climax of the boat journey around Santorini was again the sunset. We looked up at he Oia town being dyed salmon pink, where we had seen the sunset the day before, and…
Japanese whisky
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I like whisky very much. Since I was a boy I have appreciated European whiskies, especially Irish and Scottish. Because I knew that Japan produces good whiskies,...
Lapis lazuli
One of the things I was looking forward to in this South America tour was ‘stones’. Chile is the one of the major sources of Lapis Lazuli. This stone has an ultramarine...
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...
Scotch whisky experience
Our stay in Edinburgh has come towards the end, and we had little time left to try Scotch whisky. Late in the afternoon, we headed out to the Old Town to a museum,...
Mirror coridor in the hotel
This time, I stayed in a hotel called Colomba D'oro in Verona, which is situated just behind the Piazza where the famous Arena is.The location was wonderful.The hotel itself has very traditional atmosphere,...
Portrait Restaurant
I have been hearing that the restaurant on the top floor of National Portrait Gallery in London has got a great view and the foods are good, so we decided to go...
Wine at our apartment
We came back to Zadar after spending whole day in a tour.As we were tired, we gave up going to a restaurant and instead, decided to have a light supper at...
Transport between islands
In this summer, after Naxos we went to Syros.When I had a look at the internet for the ferry timetable, I could find only one direct ferry which arrives at Syros at...
