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…
Piedmont
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…
To Pizzighettone
We visited Pizzighettone in Lombardy, Italy, to enjoy the autumn scenery before the days got too short. It’s an old town about 66 kilometres southeast of Milan, just over an hour’s drive from…
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao in Spain is very famous. Maybe because I saw the photo many times, I was not so surprised or impressed to see the real one for the…
Salmon in Murakami
Murakami city in the Niigata prefecture in Japan is not huge, with a population of only about 60,000 people, but there are many famous products. One of them is salmon. We visited…
The Day We Walked More Than 20,000 Steps in Tenerife
During our winter holiday in Tenerife in Spain, one day, we went to Tacoronte in the north of the island from La Laguna, by bus. According to the health application on our…
Kabuki show
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in the small town of Kotohira, in Japan, I had the opportunity to see a Kabuki show, thanks to my friend Shogo’s help. This...
enjoyed Kashgar one more day
On the third day in Kashgar in the western part in Xinjiang in China, we rented a bicycle and went to Afaq Khoja Mausoleum. I struggled to pedal on the slope with...
Cathay Pacific Airways
Initially based in Shanghai, the two men eventually moved to Hong Kong and established the airline.
Urchin salad
This is the photo of urchin salad.It was just sea urchins.I love sea urchin, so it was a feast for me.I ate this at a restaurant called Allou Gialou on the Kini...
Literally a room with a view
In Florence, Italy, we stayed at Hotel degli Orafi along the river Arno. It seems to be a well-known hotel, and I just gave the name to the driver of the taxi which...
The Emergency Hospital in Lisbon and the Cod Meal
In the last few years, it has been our custom to have a short trip to a warm location in this cold season and, this year, we went to Lisbon in Portugal....
The first winery
The first winery I visited in Langhe in Piedmont in Italy was called Salvano.I just rang the door bell and popped in and found it was not open on Saturday.But the receptionist said...
Train with no drivers
This is Dockland Light Railway (DLR) which runs in east London. They run without any drivers, just like Yurikamome in Tokyo. I had a look and found that DLR comercially started in 1987 and...
