To Gergeti Trinity Church
The most famous picture of Georgia, the country in Caucasus, is the view of Gergeti Trinity Church, seen from Kazbegi village. We, too, came all the way into the mountains to…
Stepantsminda (Kazbegi)
Georgia and Russia
We went north on the Military Highway in Georgia towards Kazbegi, whose current official name is Stepantsminda. On the way, we stopped at a supermarket in Gudauri, a ski resort, for…
Ananuri Fortress Standing on the Huge Reservoir
On the day we headed north on the Military Highway in Georgia, we visited Ananuri Fortress and church. It is located 66km north of Tbilisi, the capital city, and it stands…
Turning bridge
We visited #Taranto, a town in #Puglia in southern Italy.I had passed here a few times, but it was the first time to walk there.Unfortunately the weather was bad.This is a photo…
Georgia is the Birthplace of Wine
I continue talking about our sightseeing tour in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia. We walked down from the hill where the Nariqala Fortress is situated towards the area of the…
Shopping in Burano
One of the purposes of our holiday in Venice this time was island hopping. So we wanted to go to the island of San Francesco del Deserto where there is a monastery…
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...
Gintaro
This is a pendant I bought from a man who had a stall in Basanaviciaus Street in Palanga in Lithuania. He made it himself using the local amber and African wood ....
All Nippon Airways
According to company’s official website, in December 1952, Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transports Co., Ltd was established with the goal of restoring regular air transportation services disrupted by WW II. The company started a helicopter...
Dynamic traditional dish
First thing we did in Dresden in Germany was to eat. Because our hotel was in the middle of the old town, there were a lot of restaurants around there. We went...
The functional good hotel
This time in Paris, we stayed in a hotel called Best Western Hotel Opera d’Antin, situated just behind the Galeries Lafeyette. In fact I suspect it is in a same building...
The restaurant where noble people visit
The last night in the Eolian Islands, we went to a restaurant recommended by a taxi driver in Lipari. The name is Filippino, but nothing to do with Philippine, but means small Filippo....
Orange salad
At lunch time, I went into a restaurant, just next to the fish market in Catania, Sicily.Of course the fresh sea-foods were excellent, but for me the orange salad was amazing.This was the...
Transport in Portugal
To get to the pretty village Monsaraz in Alentejo, Portugal, you have to change bus at a town called Reguengos de Monsaraz.The local people pronounce the name of this town as if they...
