Crete
Finish our holiday at the Venetian Fortress

Finish our holiday at the Venetian Fortress

After enjoying lunch in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, we decided to explore the area. Since our return flight was late that day, we still had time. After considering the museum and the beach, we...

Crete

Dining in Heraklion

Well, our summer holiday in Agios Nikolaos in eastern Crete, Greece, has finally come to an end. After checking out of our Airbnb, we took a taxi to Heraklion, where the airport is…

Crete

About the 2,400-year-old tree and others

Next up on our tour of the inland eastern Crete, Greece, was lunch. Expectations were high after the excellent lunch on our last tour, but this time was a disappointment. We were asked…

Iseshima

Appreciate fresh shellfish

Early in January, we had a short family trip to Iseshima in Japan. I do not mean that we payed a visit to the Ise Shrine, which would be very very crowded in…

Verona

Many locks here, too

Here is a photo of a corner of Juliet’s house’s court yard in Verona in Italy.As you can see, there are a lot of locks on this gate.This customs were started in 2007…

Dubrovnik

Highlight of this holiday

The highlight of our trip to Dubrovnik in Croatia was the city wall. As the guidebook says, “No trip to Dubrovnik is complete without walking on the world’s greatest city wall.” That’s why…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

A Restaurant, Europe and Japan together

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I read recently that in Italy some restaurants that serve mix of Italian and Japanese cookings. In Osaka, in Japan, I had the opportunity to have a...
shopping
Shopping

A big impulse shopping

After enjoying the museum in Chiprovtsi, a carpet-weaving town in northwestern Bulgaria, we returned to our hotel. I wanted to buy a kilim woven by the owner of the inn, Ilya’s mother, as...
airlines
Airlines

Aeroflot airlines

Aeroflot – Russian airline, commonly known as Aeroflot, is the flag carrier of the Russian federation. The carrier operates domestic and international passenger services, mainly from its hub at Sheremetyevo International Airport. According to them...
food
Food

I treated myself to the expensive tea.

In the Taipei group tour, 'tea seminar' was included.Tea is Taiwan's well known speciality.We got explanation and tasting of a few kinds of tea including oolong tea.The most attractive one was Puer Tea, which...
hotels
Hotels

A tourist home in the village

In the small village called Monsaraz in Alentejo, Portugal, we stayed in a B&B on the main road whose name is Casa Dona Antonia. I was lucky to get a nice suite with a...
food
Restaurants

small with lovely atmosphere

The restaurant we went on the last evening in Gdansk in Poland was called the Red Inn. We found it on the internet and it was very good. We shared the assorted...
food
Food

Bread salad

This is a photo of the Bread Salad we ate in Monsanto in Portugal. It was very different from Italian Panzanella which is a salad dish with bread in it. This one...
transports
Transports

At the port

We walked in Hakodate in Hokkaido, Japan following the route our guide book suggested.First, the port.Here we found a notice of a motor cruise for 1500 yen, so we took it.The passengers...