A town that had as many as 120 churches
Lecce, in the Puglia region of Southern Italy, is said to have once been home to as many as 120 churches. I learned this while participating in a walking tour (costing €20, per…
Lecce
Swim in the sea, round one
A summer holiday wouldn’t be complete without a trip to the beach. We headed to Baia dei Turchi, a beach located about 5.5 kilometres along the coast from Otranto, in the Apulia region…
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…
A fine hotel
We stayed at Central Park Hotel in Sighisoara in Romania, which is located just outside of the wall. It is a very nice hotel. According to the leaflet in the room, this…
Restaurant with the Feeling of Old Tavern
We went to a restaurant called La Mescita, in Carate, a town in northern Italy which is about 25km from Milan. The interior was arranged in the image of an old Milanese tavern…
Craftsmen’s Guild
On the weekend, when we visited Dartmoor in the south west England, our friend took us to a larger town called Bovey Tracey, which has a population of over 4,700. The…
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...
shopping on Ishigaki Island
I cannot remember exactly where, but probably in the hotel, I got a booklet called “Ishigaki Sightseeing Guidebook 2017”. This booklet has a lot of information on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa, Japan...
Traveling by Air: Connecting Worlds
We love exploring new destinations and the journey is often as exciting as the arrival. While we are currently updating our archives on airlines and flight experiences, we look forward to sharing more insights on...
Cow’s lip
We asked the hotel receptionist in Bilbao in Spain for the recommendation for a restaurant. He told us the name Rio Oja and the address, so we looked for it. When...
the hotel in a super yacht
The hotel we stayed in Gibraltar was unusual. An anchored boat was the hotel. Its name was Sunborn. We did not feel that we were in a boat when we were in...
Relaxing restaurant
On the second day of our stay in Trieste, Italy, we went to the seafood restaurant called Al Nuovo Antico Pavone, which we had found in the internet. The entrance is simple,...
Two panna cotta
I love panna cotta.I first tasted it long time ago when I asked for a cream caramel in a restaurant in Firenze which they did not have and instead persuaded me to try...
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...
