Amalfi
Go back by boat

Go back by boat

On the day we took an excursion to Amalfi while staying in Sorrento in southern Italy, we walked around the town after a delicious lunch. Amalfi has one main street lined with shops,...

Amalfi

Enjoy elaborate cuisine

After enjoying the cathedral in Amalfi, a tourist destination in southern Italy, we found a narrow staircase on the side, not the front staircase. Going down the staircase, we found a restaurant called…

Amalfi

The fruit of preparation: the crypt

Since we were staying in Sorrento in southern Italy, we had to see the Amalfi Coast, so we headed to Amalfi on this day. We took a local bus that departed from in…

Naples

Bathed in the sunset

After walking through the old town of Naples, southern Italy, we came to Piazza Dante. This square used to be a marketplace, and is also called the Market Square. We were planning to…

Yamanashi

Katsunuma, the wine village

On this day, we got up early and went on a trip from my parents’ house in Matsudo City to Katsunuma in Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan. It was arranged by a friend who…

Sardinia

Even bluer

I went down to the south of Sardinia, area called Costa del Sud.Here the sea was even bluer, if that is possible.Not many people around but a few Russian tourists for some reason.The…

Greece

White maze

 The second place we went with the Santorini inland tour was a town called Pyrgos. It is a town on a small hill with a lot of white houses on top of each…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Udon of Kagawa

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Kagawa prefecture in Japan is famous for its Udon (kind of noodles prepared with flour of wheat). According to my Japanese friend, Udon that you can find...
shopping
Shopping

shopping in Burano

One of the purposes of our holiday in Venice this time was island hopping. So we wanted to go to the island of San Francesco del Deserto where there is a monastery...
airlines
Airlines

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...
food
Food

Historical Amazake shop

The main reason why we went to Kanda Shrine in Tokyo was in fact to have some Amazake (sweet beverage made from fermented rice or sake lees). The shop is called Amano-ya...
hotels
Hotels

The hotel like a manor house

When we went to see Hadrian’s Wall, we stayed one night at Slaley Hall in Northumberland. It is in the middle of nowhere. The house used to be a manor house of Edwardian...
food
Food

Watermelon

After enjoying our walk along the promenade and tasting the lovely ice cream in Italy, we headed back to our B&B. On the way, we found this stall selling only watermelon....
transports
Transports

Going Up the East Hill by the ‘Lift’

After a satisfactory lunch in Hastings in the south of England, we went up the East Hill by East Hill Lift. The station was just next to the restaurant. The lift...