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…
London Zoo
I went to London Zoo to take some photos. Unfortunately it was raining on and off. But I had not been to the zoo for soooo long, and it was very enjoyable. And…
An excellent restaurant in the neighbourhood
After I was bedridden for a few days in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, we went to a restaurant near our accommodation on the day of my recovery. It’s called Trattoria il Cambusone, and it…
Rickshaw ride for the first time
One of my family members said “I would like to ride on the Rickshaw once”, so we went to Asakusa in Tokyo. Unfortunately it was a rainy day. “They may not do…
Excursion to Nara
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in Osaka we decided to go to Nara for one day. Nara was the first capital of Japan. It took us almost one hour...
Buy pieces of lace
According to my guide book, there are many women who knit lace and sell their products on the streets. It says ‘Buy one or two pieces which would help them sustaining...
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand‘s story began in April 1940 when its forerunner airline, Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) was incorporated. The route network was expanded from Australia and the Pacific to Asia, the USA, the UK...
This is another good German food
In this short trip in Germany, I was quite impressed by German cooking, much better than my expectation. This is another good one I ate in Frankfurt, a knuckle of a pork. When...
The strain of a sudden rise in popularity
We stayed at the Grand White City Hotel in Berat, Albania. The name Berat apparently comes from the word meaning “white town”. I’m sure it was the same in Belgrade, Serbia, too. The...
Another nice restaurant
In Alacati in Turkey, we went into a restaurant without any guidance and it was a hit. Mussels, anchovy, octopus salad, seabass…everything was very good. It was my lunch but I ate a...
Finnish Dish
We asked the hotel receptionist to recommend some Finnish restaurants in Helsinki, as it was just about lunch time when we arrived there. She said “Aino is good. They are not so...
An exhilarating boat trip
After visiting the ruins of Butrint in Albania and having lunch, we were scheduled to return to the hotel for some free time. However, perhaps some tour members complained that there was nothing...
