Liguria
Have the villa all to ourselves

Have the villa all to ourselves

Continuing our short trip to Santa Margherita Ligure in Liguria, northern Italy. The next morning, we planned to tour the town’s famous landmarks. We started walking toward the castle, but along the way,...

Liguria

To a restaurant after a night walk

On the day we arrived in Santa Margherita Ligure, Liguria, northern Italy, we went out again in the evening. It was just after 6 PM, but it was already pitch black. This is…

Liguria

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…

Piedmont

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…

Verona

Many locks here, too

Here is a photo of a corner of Juliet’s house’s court yard in Verona in Italy.As you can see, there are a lot of locks on this gate.This customs were started in 2007…

Finland

The town of Tampere

We came back to Tampere where we started this journey. There are a lot of chimneys there and very severe sort of image there. But on the other hand, there were also many…

Saint Petersburg

To Catherine Palace

On the third day in Saint Petersburg in Russia, we joined the optional tour to Catherine Palace in Pushkin in the suburbs of the city. The local guide on the day was…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Mount Konpira

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Before leaving the town of Kotohira, our aim was climbing up the mount Konpira and visiting the temple located on the peak. The path was quite difficult...
shopping
Shopping

Incidentally, Florence

After a trip to not well known towns in the Tuscany region of Italy, we returned to Florence. Our booked Freccia Rossa from Florence was just before 7pm, and we had a few...
airlines
Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey, headquartered at Atatūrk Airport in Istanbul. According to company’’s official website, on 20th may 1933, the “State Airlines Administration” operating under the supervision of the...
food
Food

The local dish

Idar-Oberstein in Germany is famous not only for its gem stones, but also for its local dish called Spiessbraten.They cook pork which was marinated for 24 hours at the open fire with firewood...
hotels
Hotels

Vietnam for the first time

We went to Vietnam from Japan.It was my first visit to the country, but where we went was not Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh, but the city called Da Nang in the...
food
Restaurants

the capital of octopus

The last destination of our Tuk-tuk tour in the suburbs of Tavira in Portugal was Santa Luzia; a fishing village situated about 5 km west of Tavira. The Tuk-tuk driver, Tiago told us that this...
food
Food

gelato and Duomo

I continue talking about our tour in Ragusa, the town in the south of Sicily in Italy. The last stop was in the square in front of Garden Ibleo (Giardini Iblei)...
transports
Transports

Enoden, nostalgic railway

I do not know why but most of us feel nostalgic riding Enoshima Electric Railway. On the day we had a walk in Kamakura, we bought one day ticket which costs 580 yen and...