Apulia
Seafood tapas restaurant

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…

Lecce

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…

Shiraz

Surreal scenes in Shiraz

Next day after staying one night in Yasuj, the south western town in Iran, we went directly to Shiraz without visiting a waterfall which was in the itinerary. It was the day…

Yangshuo

Cycling in Yangshuo

We went to Yangshuo from Guilin by minibus in China. We had found that many things were twice as expensive as the prices mentioned in the guidebook, so I was expecting the…

South Korea

First, shopping in International Market

We had a family holiday in Korea again this year. This time we went to Busan first. As soon as we arrived there, we went to the International Market. In Korea, you can…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

The small town of Kotohira

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. The first stop of my travel in Kagawa prefecture in Japan was Kotohira city. During day time this city is very busy because it is located on...
shopping
Shopping

Shopping is also a fun part of travelling

As expected, San Gimignano, a tourist destination in the Tuscany region of Italy, was very crowded. A wine festival was being held while the place was overflowing with tourists, making it even more...
airlines
Airlines

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...
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

Pleasant hotel

Unfortunately we had to give up continuing our family holiday in Kyushu in Japan. Because of that, we had to stay one night in Fukuoka. We chose “Hotel Active!” which was popular...
food
Restaurants

eat Italian meal in Little Italy in Montreal

Our guidebook says that Little Italy in Montreal in Canada is the foodie’s nirvana, so we decided to visit there, though it is quite far away from the old town where...
food
Food

The second winery

The second winery I visited on the day when I went to Langhe in Piedmont in Italy was called Gertotto.The first one was keen on trading abroad, but this one was more local...
transports
Hotels

Getting on the shiny Italo

In Italy this time, we took a private high-speed train, Italo. This was the first time for us since the spring of 2013. Italo opened in 2012, so it was still new at...