Because a wooden one would be too heavy
Continuing our tour of churches in Lecce, in the Puglia region of Southern Italy. After the Duomo, we visited the Church of Santa Chiara, which dates back to the 15th century. I was…
Lecce
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…
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…
Reminded me of USSR
This is the photo of the area in front of the lifts in Sheraton Hotel at Malpensa, Milan.This reminded me of Kiev Hotel in Moscow.This Sheraton is new, but disastrous.Please read my travel…
The monkeys on the Rock
After watching dolphins in the sea off Gibraltar, we went up the mountain by the cable car. This is a rocky mountain called The Rock and is famous for the monkeys that live there. First…
View from Alcazar
The highest point in Toledo, Spain is Alcazar (palace). Originally it was built as a Roman palace in the 3rd century and in the 10th century it was rebuilt as a fortress…
‘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 at the market
On the first day we started ‘living’ in Syracuse, a town in the south eastern part of Sicily in Italy, we went shopping at the wet market. Crossing the bridge from the new...
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...
Nizza Monferrato
On the day we went to Piedmont with my Japanese friend, after eating a great lunch, we moved on to Nizza Monferrato. She read a novel recently that was set in this...
To Andalusia in search of the bright sun
As autumn deepened, we left London, where there are many dark days, and went to the Andalusia region of Spain in search of a bright sun. Of course, there are still Covid restrictions,...
To Bosa
On the second night in Sardinia in Italy, we had strong wind and rain and the shutters of the hotel in Alghero, where we stayed, kept making loud noises. Everyone here...
Portuguese people like cakes
The timing was not very good for eating when we arrived in Coimbra in Portugal.The hotel receptionist told us “No, nothing is open at this time, excepet that one”.So we went in...
Ride a personal watercraft and a classic car at Varadero
On the second day in Varadero, Cuba, we first participated in an attraction called “Boat Adventure”. It’s a tour of the inland sea of the mangrove and a bit of the open...
