Lombardy
Palazzo Te in Mantua

Palazzo Te in Mantua

In addition to Teatro Bibiena, our other purpose in visiting Mantua in northern Italy this time was to visit Palazzo Te. Mantua was the stronghold of the powerful Gonzaga family, and while the...

Lombardy

Concert in Mantua

In Mantua, a historic town in Lombardy, northern Italy, we parked our car in the same large car park, Campo Canoa, as we did last time. This car park faces Lago Inferiore, one…

Lombardy

Overnight stay near Mantua

Mantua, a historic town in Lombardy, northern Italy, is within a day trip distance from where we live, but this time we stayed overnight in the suburbs. We actually wanted to stay in…

Tirana

The father of modern Albania and our guide

Continuing with the walking tour of Tirana, Albania. Near the Prime Minister’s residence, there was a statue of Ismail Qemali, the first prime minister who is said to have built modern Albania. He…

Sweden

Cold!

This is the first time for me to visit Stockholm. It is a beautiful city with a lot of water and very soft light. But, oh, it’s cold! It was middle of spring,…

Rye

Sightseeing in Rye

After a delicious lunch in Rye, a small town in the south of England, we went sightseeing using the map we got at the tourist information centre. First, we went to St. Mary’s…

Calabria

Travel by Train

The hotel staff member in Roccella Jonica in southern Italy said “This area is forgotten. You will see that if you see the train around here”. We took that train and…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

A Restaurant, Europe and Japan together

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I read recently that in Italy some restaurants that serve mix of Italian and Japanese cookings. In Osaka, in Japan, I had the opportunity to have a...
shopping
Shopping

happy Mandrogi

The first port of call during our cruise in Russia was Mandrogi, a village on Svir River. This is a new village which was recognised as a village in 1999 and the...
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

Hokkaido soup

This is a photo of 'Hokkaido' soup I had in Oberstein in Germany.It was written like that in their menu.Very nice pumpkin soup, that was.
hotels
Hotels

Hotel in Toledo

We stayed in a three star hotel called Hotel Domus Plaza Zocodover in Toledo, Spain.As the name suggests, it is located in a corner of Plaza Zocodover, which is the centre of...
food
Restaurants

Eating Tuscan foods and walking at night

La Vecchia Lira in Milan, Italy is one of our favourite Tuscan restaurants. It’s been a long time since we’ve been there due to the Covid-19 crisis. Moreover, I think it was the...
food
Food

The local restaurant with good atmosphere

This is a picture of the restaurant I went in Mertola in Portugal.I had been eating a lot of chunks of meat in this holiday, but here there was a soup with beans...