Seafood tapas restaurant
In Otranto, in the southern Italian region of Apulia, our first-choice restaurant happened to be closed for lunch on Thursdays— and it was a Thursday. My husband mentioned that the owner—or someone who…
Apulia
Something more intense than the mosaic
During our summer holiday in the Apulia region of southern Italy, we visited the towns of Maglie and Otranto the following day. We stopped in Maglie because we had read that it featured…
Back in Lecce
After visiting a beautiful church in Galatina—a town in the Salento region of Apulia, southern Italy—we had lunch at a restaurant outside of the town. However, I’m skipping the details of that meal…
Bleak beach
I am not sure if this beach belong to Derrynane House, where Daniel O’Connel lived. He was a leader of the Irish independence movement in 19th century. The view with the mist was…
Portrait of the Couple
This is a photo of the sculptures in the cathedral in Meissen in Germany. They are bigger than life size of Otto I, the Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife, Adelheid, according…
Cathedral whose staid glasses were wonderful
We went to Chartres from Paris for a day. It took about 1 hour by train from Montparnasse station. Chartres is famous for its cathedral which is listed in the World Heritage….
Relaxed in a Jazz bar in Kobe
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Our friend Okazawa-san accompanied us in Kobe city. It is only half an hour by train from Osaka. Kobe is a city near the mountain and the...
Ryokan with Sunset and Murakami Kibori Tsuishu
We stayed at the seaside Ryokan (a Japanese style hotel) called ‘Taikanso Senami no Yu’ in Murakami in the Niigata Prefecture in Japan. According to the information on the internet, the hot spring...
Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi
Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
Restaurant and winery in Castell’Arquato
On the day we went to Castell’Arquato, a historic and beautiful town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, we made a reservation at a restaurant called Ristorante del Voltone. If you want to have lunch on...
One night in Tokyo
To enjoy Tokyo thoroughly, you had better have a room in a hotel in the centre of Tokyo.This time, I stayed at Shin-Takanawa Prince Hotel.There are many hotels around here.I used the shuttle...
Waited more than one hour
We went to a restaurant called “Nishiki” in Izu Atagawa, which was listed in my friend’s guide book. The book said ” Be careful, there is another restaurant with the similar name”....
White radish
I did not know but German people often eat white radish.When I had the local dish in Oberstein, a small potion of radish cut into thins trips was added next to the main...
The Journey to Milan
From Freiburg in Germany to Milan in Italy, I planned to take two trains, changing once at Basel in Switzerland, arriving at Milan at around 11am.But when I got the Freiburg station very...
