Ischia

Sant’Angelo on the move to upmarket

After a dip in the sea at Fumarole Beach on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, we took a boat to the nearest town, Sant’Angelo. Like the Aragonese Castle we visited a…

Ischia

Hot beach

The Airbnb host in Forio, the second town on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, recommended us to visit Sant’Angelo and Fumarole Beach as the places to go to on this island….

Ischia

Spending a day at Poseidon

Ischia, an island in southern Italy, is actually a hot spring resort. Apparently, there are at least 103 hot springs. It is a volcanic island, as it is said that in the 14th…

Highlands

The last place was Glencoe

On our one-day Scottish Highlands tour, the first stop after lunch was Stalker Castle. However, just like 13 years ago, we only looked at it from a distance. Last time when we saw…

England

Quite impressive shopping centre

We went to a shopping centre called Westfield in Shepherds Bush, west London. This was open in 2008 as the biggest shopping centre in Europe, but I did not go there until recently….

Zaragoza

El Tubo in Zaragoza

After a rest in our hotel in Zaragoza in Spain, we went out to see the town. Our destination was the area called El Tubo. It is a famous place that there…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

‘Read’ a pasta dish

Talking with a Japanese friend of mine, Koji, who is a wine and food expert, I learned that there is an Italian dish called Napolitan in Japan, which I did not know that existed.
shopping
Food

the market full of vitality in Lanzhou

Coming back from Xiahe in Gansu province in China, which was a completely another world, we stayed in a hotel called Yinbin Hotel in Lanzhou which cost 140 yuan ($1 = 8.28...
airlines
Airlines

Qantas Airlines

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest domestic and international airline. Registered originally as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited (QANTAS), Qantas is widely regarded as...
food
Food

Beer Garden

One of the main pleasures of a holiday in Germany is a beer garden. We spend a nice time in a beer garden on the Elbe riverbank in Dresden. Maybe because it...
hotels
Hotels

the outrageous hotel in Murano

We stayed in Sofitel in Murano, the island in Venice, which is run by Accor, the French mega hotel chain. The proper name of the hotel is Le Gare Hotel Venezia MGallery...
food
Restaurants

At the restaurant in Castelfiorentino

In Castelfiorentino, a town in the Tuscany region of Italy, my husband made a reservation at a restaurant called Il Gusto e il Tatto by mistake. He had intended to make a reservation...
food
Food

Eat Weisswrust

Beer and sausage are the most typical foods in Germany, and the typical sausage in Munich is Weisswrust (white sausage). I eat it every time I come here. This time, we...
transports
Transports

By local trains

Because the weather is not usually nice in England, when it is sunny in the weekend, I feel I ought to go somewhere.On this Saturday, we decided to go to Windsor.I found...