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….
Lecce
Vigoleno, a tiny, charming village
Vigoleno, located in Italy‘s Emilia-Romagna region, is a truly tiny and charming village. We visited there for a day trip one Sunday in June. When we arrived at the car park, I could…
Art Museum and Wine Bar
Next in Edinburgh, Scotland, we visited the National Gallery. Looking back, I realised it had been a full eleven years since our last visit—not five, as I had thought. It is a museum…
Leading characters were seals
During our short trip to the north in England, we visited Walney Island. There is a nature reserve area here and you need to pay ￡3 to enter. There are no staff…
Around Place d’Armes in Montreal
After seeing Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal in Canada, we went out to the Place d’Armes in front and heard the live performance of jazz music. The Montreal Jazz Festival had been…
The sunset from the boat
The climax of the boat journey around Santorini was again the sunset. We looked up at he Oia town being dyed salmon pink, where we had seen the sunset the day before, and…
The small town of Kotohira
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. The first stop of my travel in Kagawa prefecture in Japan was Kotohira city. During day time this city is very busy because it is located on...
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...
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...
Hokkaido soup
This is a photo of 'Hokkaido' soup I had in Oberstein in Germany.It was written like that in their menu.Very nice pumpkin soup, that was.
An appealing hotel
In Chester in England, we stayed two nights in a hotel called Brookside Hotel. When we booked the tour, we told them my preference of three star hotel, and they chose...
A little posh restaurant
In the evening when we arrived in Como in northern Italy, we had a walk in the town and looked for a restaurant where we could have a light dinner. The restaurant...
Taste of coconut
We had our last dinner in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in our tour leader’s favourite restaurant. It was a bit of a walk from Ipanema beach and I think it was called...
Riding a donkey
The holiday in Greece this time was full of interesting events, but the best was this, riding a donkey. After seeing the sunset from the Santorini sight seeing boat, naturally it got...
