The only flaw was that he was stingy
In Sorrento, southern Italy, where we spent the New Year holidays, we stayed at an Airbnb as usual. It was the fifth floor apartment in a convenient location, almost right in front of…
Sorrento
Stumbling to Sorrento
We spent the New Year holidays in Sorrento, southern Italy. We’ve been going to places within Italy a lot lately, but there’s a reason for this. We moved to Italy in March, and…
A large theatre for a place called Piccolo
The day after we went to the small but beautiful Gerolamo Theatre in Milan, Italy, we went to see a ballet at the Piccolo Theatre. There is a station called Lanza on the…
Restaurant recommended by our guide
On the day we arrived in Taiwan, I asked our guide for a good Taiwanese restaurant. She recommended Shin Yeh, which apparently has a branch in Japan, too. I checked my guide book and…
The bustle in the garden of the castle
Rochester in Kent in England is a small town but there is a castle as well as a cathedral. This castle was built around 1127 and the height of its keep…
About the Delicious Lunch and Some Other Things
For our lunch on the second day in Alghero, the town in Sardinia in Italy, we looked for a restaurant called Nautilus, which was recommended on a website. According to the…
Eat Italian food in Tokyo
This is my friend, Bangly's posting. Usually when I travel I like to be totally absorbed in local customs, so I eat only local foods because foods are one of the forms of...
Lapis lazuli
One of the things I was looking forward to in this South America tour was ‘stones’. Chile is the one of the major sources of Lapis Lazuli. This stone has an ultramarine...
United Airlines
United Airlines is one of the most important Airlines in U.S.A. According to company’s official web site, in 1926 United Airline’s first flight of mail was flown by T. Warney from Washington to Nevada. It...
Sake and tofu meal
During our temporary return to Japan, two friends from my university days made reservations for a tour and a meal at Ozawa Sake Brewery in Okutama, Tokyo. “The sake brewery tour starts at...
An appealing hotel
In Chester in England, we stayed two nights in a hotel called Brookside Hotel. When we booked the tour, we told them my preference of three star hotel, and they chose...
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,...
Seafood Chowder
This time in Ireland, I had 'seafood chowder' three times.It seemed a common menu there.Even a small canteen in some countryside town had it, but chowder is American, isn't it.Ireland has a huge...
metro in Moscow
On the first day in Moscow in Russia, we joined the optional tour called “Moscow at Night” which started at 9 pm. Basically, this was the tour visiting Moscow metro stations. The guide...
