Salamanca

About disappointing hotel and our night walk

[Dec. 2022] The hotel we stayed in Salamanca in Spain was a four-star hotel named Catalonia Plaza Mayor Salamanca. The location is excellent, right behind the Plaza Mayor, a beautiful square in the centre of…

Zafra

Alcázar is now a hotel

[Dec. 2022] Next in Zafra, a town in western Spain, we went to Alcázar. Alcázar means a castle or a fort, and our guidebook describes it as a “castle”, but it seems more appropriate to…

Zafra

Lovely hotel and town walk

[ Dec.2022 ] 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…

Caceres

Abbiamo mangiato Tapas a Caceres

A Caceres, una cittadina dell’Estremadura, in Spagna, abbiamo soggiornato in un hotel chiamato Soho Boutique Casa Don Fernando, che si affaccia su Plaza Mayor, la piazza centrale. Abbiamo scelto questo hotel per la sua posizione….

Madrid

To Extremadura though Madrid

[Dec. 2022] We went to Spain again, and this time to spent the year-end and New Year holidays. The destination is Extremadura, which is close to the border with Portugal. We chose here, because we…

Barcelona

Prepared and went to Barcelona

[ Nov.2022 ] We went to Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, which is the second largest city in Spain, for a short holiday. I was surprised to find out that Dubrovnik, which we visited recently,…

Dubrovnik

To Dubrovnik

[Sept. 2022] We got up early in the morning for the first time in a while and headed to the airport by Uber. This time the destination is Dubrovnik, Croatia. I was surprised that Uber…

Sicily

At night in Ragusa

[Sept. 2022] We boarded a single-car train that arrived 10 minutes late from the Modica station in Sicily. Our destination is Ragusa. It took only about 30 minutes, but it went like an old man…

Syracuse

“Livable” Airbnb this time

[ Aug.2022 ] During this summer holiday in Syracuse, a historic town in Sicily, Italy, we stayed at Airbnb. We’ve been hooked on Airbnb since our first experience two years ago in Alghero, Sardinia. This…