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…
Lecce
Seafood tapas restaurant
In Otranto, in the southern Italian region of Apulia, our first-choice restaurant happened to be closed for lunch on Thursdays— and it was a Thursday. My husband mentioned that the owner—or someone who…
Something more intense than the mosaic
During our summer holiday in the Apulia region of southern Italy, we visited the towns of Maglie and Otranto the following day. We stopped in Maglie because we had read that it featured…
The Italian restaurant in Brno
On the last evening in Brno in Czech Republic, we went out at around 8 pm to eat something light. We wanted to try the wine cellar which was introduced during…
In Ushguli
At last, we arrived in Ushguli, where I had wanted to visit the most on our holiday in Georgia. The altitude is between 2,000 and 2,200 metres and they say that…
Arrive at Santorini
In our summer holiday in Greece, next day after arriving at Mykonos, we left for Santorini. It took about 2 and a half hours by speed boat. I had been worried about…
Sakè in Japan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In Italy the word sakè indicates a particular alcoholic drink typical from Japan, but the reality is not exatcly like that. In fact, in Japan the word...
Emerald in Bogotà
Some days before we left for Colombia, I was at an antique complex in London and a vendor told me “This emerald is from Colombia. The emeralds of Colombia is the best in the world“....
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...
Dish called Samgyetang
What I knew about Korean foods were only Kimuchi, Barbeque and a few others, but this time in Busan I ate something called Samgyetang, which is my sister’s favourite. Basically, this is a...
Hotel in Rome
We stayed in #Hotel Portoghesi in the historical part of #Rome.It is a three star hotel, but they renovated an old building very nicely and our room had a good atmosphere including...
Visiting Rye by the slow train
I have an almost obsessive notion that I must not waste a sunny weekend during summer and have to go somewhere, so this Sunday we went to Rye, a town in the south...
Dynamic Traditional Dish
The 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...
large wooden freight ship and tub-turned boat
If you go up the slope from the Shukunegi Old Town area in Sado Island in Japan, you will find the Ogi Filk Museum. We heard that there was a restored Sengokubune,...
