Lombardy
The woes of low-cost airlines

The woes of low-cost airlines

We suddenly decided to fly from our home in northern Italy to London, England to do some errand. Regular airlines were surprisingly expensive, so we decided to fly with low-cost airline Ryanair. Low-cost...

Liguria

Lunch in Nervi

While strolling around Nervi in ​​Liguria, northern Italy, we sat on a bench just as the main street neared its end. And my husband started searching online for a place to grab a…

Liguria

Stop at Nervi

On our way back from Santa Margherita Ligure in Liguria, northern Italy, we stopped off at Genoa Nervi, a railway station on the way. I knew the name of the town because it…

Liguria

Have the villa all to ourselves

Continuing our short trip to Santa Margherita Ligure in Liguria, northern Italy. The next morning, we planned to tour the town’s famous landmarks. We started walking toward the castle, but along the way,…

France

Tragedy of the day before sale starts

In France, the state decides the days of sales. This time I went to Paris on the day before the sale started. Just a few days before I left, I leaned…

Kiev

Second Visit to Kiev

We visited Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine. This was our second visit and the first time was seven years ago. Our Ukrainian friend, Alina, arranged the itinerary this time and it…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

The Meijijingu

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In this photo you can see Meiji shrine, one of the most important and typical tourist destination in Tokyo. It is always full of foreign tourists but...
shopping
Shopping

Shopping at the market

On the first day we started ‘living’ in Syracuse, a town in the south eastern part of Sicily in Italy, we went shopping at the wet market. Crossing the bridge from the new...
airlines
Airlines

Emirates airlines

Emirates is an airline based at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to the company’s official website, On 25th October 1985, Emirates flew its first routes out of Dubai with just two...
hotels
Hotels

The hotel I can recommend

In Florence, we stayed in a hotel diagonally in front of Basilica di Santa Maria Novella whose name is also Hotel Santa Maria Novella.We were family, so took adjoining rooms connected by...
food
Restaurants

Amsterdam after six years

We visited Amsterdam in the Netherlands for the first time in six years. As everyone knows, Dutch people are so big, which I realised strongly last time, and this time, too, at...
food
Food

Very good lunch

The tour in Tinos took us to lunch soon after the first visit to the church, probably thinking “an army marches on its stomach”.Where we went was a restaurant in a village...
transports
Transports

Go back by boat

On the day we took an excursion to Amalfi while staying in Sorrento in southern Italy, we walked around the town after a delicious lunch. Amalfi has one main street lined with shops,...