Liguria
Feeling déjà vu in Santa Margherita Ligure

Feeling déjà vu in Santa Margherita Ligure

We had a short trip to Liguria in Northern Italy for the first time in a while. This time, our destination was Santa Margherita Ligure, a place we’d never been to before. After...

Piedmont

In Novara, where we went to see the ballet

Novara, located in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, is not well known, but it has many attractions, including a tall domed church and medieval buildings. And for a provincial city, it’s home…

Lombardy

Dining at the monastery

My husband told me he’d made a reservation at a restaurant inside the monastery, so I was very curious to see what kind of simple food I’d be served. The Torba Monastery is…

Lombardy

The spectacular St. Peter’s Church

The reason we decided to go to Pizzighettone in Lombardy, Italy, on this day was because we had seen a photo of this extravagant church, St. Peter’s Church. I had never seen a…

Faro

The day our plan went wrong

When we are not on an organised tour, our travelling plans sometimes go wrong. The Saturday we traveled from Tavira to Faro in Portugal was one of those days. First, we planned…

Bosnia and Herzegovina

To Mostar

I went to Mostar from Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina for a day trip. Mostar is the fifth biggest city in this country, but it is the main city in…

Denmark

Unusual museum

 In Aero Island in Denmark, we came across an unusual museum. They have hundreds of bottle ships. According to the leaflet, all were made by Peter, who was a chef in a Norwegian ship and…

miranda-friends
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...
airlines
Airlines

Finnair

Finnair Plc is the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland with its headquarters in Vantaa and its main hub at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. According to company’s official web site, Finnair is one of world’s oldest...
food
Food

Coca tea for the first time in my life

We drank Coca tea for the first time in our life on the hill of Monserrate in Bogota. Coca, as you know is the leaf which could be processed to make cocaine. Monserrate is the...
hotels
Hotels

a room with the view

In Niigata City in Japan, we stayed in Hotel Nikko Niigata. It is in Toki Messe where we could walk from the Niigata Port after arriving from Sado Island. While we were...
food
Restaurants

Very Good Seafood

When we arrived in Reggio di Calabria in southern Italy, it was lunch time, so the first thing we did was looking for a restaurant. The efficient person at our B&B...
food
Food

Queue to eat big bowl of seafood

The small restaurants in Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo opens at around 4 am and closes at 1 pm.It must have been only for the workers of the market, but now they are for...
transports
Transports

Run full speed on the sea at night

Yalta was in full swing at night. We had a walk along the promenade and found that the speed boat was just about to go. So we decided to have a...