Back in Lecce
After visiting a beautiful church in Galatina—a town in the Salento region of Apulia, southern Italy—we had lunch at a restaurant outside of the town. However, I’m skipping the details of that meal…
Apulia
Although not designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
During our summer holiday in Lecce—an old city in the Apulia region of southern Italy—we decided to use it as a base to explore various parts of the Salento area. The Salento region…
Milan prices
On the first day of our summer holiday in Lecce, Puglia (Southern Italy), we took a break at our Airbnb and then searched online for a delicious dinner spot. Naturally, given the region’s…
Seeing Tremiti from the sea
Isole Tremiti in the Adriatic Sea seems famous for diving and there were a lot of boats for that.But still, there were some ordinary tour boats, too and I took one of them.It…
A short visit to Aomori prefecture
On the second day of our family trip to the northern Japan, we went into Aomori prefecture from Iwate prefecture. Well, it was a short stay, though. We had a look at…
Black wrap‐around skirt
This is a monastery in Macedonia called St.Jovan Bigorski, which is famous for its intricate iconostasis. In this tour, we visited many churches and monasteries, but this is the only one that women had…
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...
a Japanese in San Telmo
On Sunday in Buenos Aires in Argentina, we went to the antique market in San Telmo area which we had also been to last time. We took a taxi from Recoleta area and...
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...
The Seafoods in Oban were excellent!
I stayed two nights in a large house with a very good view of the sea in Oban in Highland in Scotland.As you can see, there is a Colosseum-like monument on the hill...
Had a bath of Gero Onsen on the balcony
From Hida Takayama we moved to Gero and stayed one night there. Gero Onsen hot spring resort is regarded one of the top three hot springs in Japan.
A day when we couldn’t achieve any of our goals ①
During our summer holiday on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, we planned to go to a restaurant in Serrara to eat rabbit dishes for lunch, and then lie down on a...
meat dish in Solferino
I saw a weird photo of a wall with many skulls on a website and found out that it was in a town called Solferino which is not too far from Milan...
To the village where there are no pharmacies
During this year’s Easter holiday, we took a short trip to Valle d’Aosta, which is located at the edge of northwestern Italy. Actually, we were planning to go to Turkey, and we had...
