Lecce
Back in Lecce

Back in Lecce

After visiting a beautiful church in Galatina—a town in the Salento region of Apulia, southern Italy—we had lunch at a restaurant outside of the town. However, I’m skipping the details of that meal...

Milan prices
Lecce

Milan prices

On the first day of our summer holiday in Lecce, Puglia (Southern Italy), we took a break at our Airbnb and then searched online for a delicious dinner spot. Naturally, given the region’s…

Learning the word “Pignolo”
Lecce

Learning the word “Pignolo”

We spent this summer holiday in Lecce, an old city in the Puglia region of Italy. We chose this location because an intensive Tai Chi workshop—a passion of my husband’s—was being held there….

On The Way Back From Ikema Island
Miyako-jima

On The Way Back From Ikema Island

On Ikema Island, a small island located north of Miyako-jima, in Okinawa in Japan, we went to see a rock with a heart-shaped hole. This was apparently used in a popular drama…

Misumi West Port, the World Heritage in Kumamoto
Kumamoto

Misumi West Port, the World Heritage in Kumamoto

We were heading for Amakusa in Kumamoto prefecture in Japan, but looking at the map, we found that there is a Unesco’s World Heritage site just before entering Amakusa. We thought we…

remembering my good old days in Fukuoka
Fukuoka

Remembering my good old days in Fukuoka

This time in Japan, we went to Kyushu for a short holiday which we had tried a few years ago but could not achieve. The Japan Rail Pass we had bought does…

miranda-friends
USSR, Moscow 1980 – 3
Miranda Friends

USSR, Moscow 1980 – 3

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. Walking around in Moscow, we were surprised to see no foods on the shelves in the supermarket, included the famous department store called Gum. But in the hotel we...
shopping
Accessory of leaves
Shopping

Accessory of leaves

I found this accessory in the main street in Alberobello, southern Italy. These are real leaves and gold and silver are on top of it to make it solid. The name of the...
airlines
Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi
Airlines

Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi

Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
food
Orange salad
Food

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...
hotels
Austrian Room
Hotels

Austrian Room

The starting point of this trip, whose main purpose was to take trains, was Tirano , a border town between Italy and Switzerland.I booked a room in a hotel in front of the...
food
Church, and then pizza
Restaurants

Church, and then pizza

Seeing the Norman Palace, the most important tourist spot in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, I felt filled with satisfaction. However, we were late in starting our holiday because I was ill for a few...
food
Seafood soup
Food

Seafood soup

In the pretty village of Verezzi in Luguria, Italy, I went to a restaurant called A Topia, which was recommended by a shop owner who sells pretty small articles.It was a homely restaurant,...
transports
revisit Buenos Aires
Hotels

revisit Buenos Aires

We decided to spend our Easter Holiday in Buenos Aires in Argentina. We have been there before, about two years ago, but that was a part of the grand tour visiting three...