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…
Panama canal cruise at the old downtown Tokyo
Every time we go back to Japan, our family and friends wait for us planning some events. This time the first event was to go on “the Panama canal cruise at the…
X’mas jumper
Until some years ago, the X’mas jumpers were one of the most embarrassing items. But last few years, jumpers with big Santa Claus, reindeer or snow flakes has been very popular. Apparently,…
To Basque
Basque in Spain is famous for its independence movement. I visited this place for the first time and realised a lot of things are quite different from the other parts of…
Udon of Kagawa
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Kagawa prefecture in Japan is famous for its Udon (kind of noodles prepared with flour of wheat). According to my Japanese friend, Udon that you can find...
buying a saddlebag from a Bakhtiari family
We had a long drive in the hilly terrain from Daran, a small town in Iran to the area called Marboreh. On the way, there was a dam and we were checked...
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...
at the market in Tigre, the main town in Delta
Our destination of the tour on the day was Tigre, the main town in delta of Parana River in the suburbs of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Tigre means ‘tiger’ and the reason...
Movenpick Hotel in Amsterdam
I chose Movenpick Hotel in Amsterdam. They gave me a very big room, which was nice with modern interior with the atmosphere of 70s, a trend of big chain hotels all over the...
Enjoyed Chilean wine in a stylish restaurant
In the evening of our first day in Santiago in Chile, we went to a restaurant our tour leader recommended as the best place to enjoy Chilean wine. At first, we were...
Simple Lunch on the Seashore of Anaga
Anaga Natural Park in Tenerife, in Spain, is as large as 14,419 hectares. There are over 120 kinds of endemic plants and animals there, apparently. The jugged mountains are the centre of...
Journey by boat against the current of Danube
From Bratislava in Slovakia we took a boat to get to Devin Castle. We went against the current of Danube, so it was a ...
