Lombardy
The nature of Colico and a simple restaurant

The nature of Colico and a simple restaurant

For lunch that day, we had a reservation at Trattoria Posallo, a restaurant on the outskirts of Colico, a town at the northern end of Lake Como in northern Italy. As usual, my...

Marrakesh

And so the journey comes to an end

Our year-end trip to Morocco has finally come to an end. By the time we returned to Marrakesh from our excursion to Essaouira, it was already getting dark, and we were caught in traffic that…

Essaouira

An astonishing number of boats

We arrived in Essaouira, a port town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. We parted ways with our driver, Youssuf, just before reaching the port, and went for a stroll. On this New…

Slovakia

St.Martin’s Cathedral

This funny bear was found at the choir loft in St.Martin’s Cathedral in Bratislava. This cathedral is the largest in Slovakia which was …

Japan

Cape Futtsu

The last stop of our family holiday was Cape Futtsu in Chiba prefecture in Japan. Before going to the end of the cape, we had a lunch. We had conger eel meal…

Emilia Romagna

After 498 Steps

We could see this view after going up 498 steps. The town is Bologna in Italy and it is a view from a tower. Apparently, in Bologna, there were as many…

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Miranda Friends

Moscow-USSR-2

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we started our stay, they gave us our group itinerary, which included our free days to do whatever we wanted. But we were allowed to move around only...
shopping
Shopping

Central Market that I hadn’t noticed before

We entered the Central Market in Florence, Italy for the first time. I’ve been to Florence many times since I was young, but I’ve never been here because I was distracted by the...
food
Food

Cake in Andalucia

On the way from Granada to Ubeda by bus in Spain, we stopped at a place called Jaen for 20 minutes. We went out to the town and found a small market. Here...
hotels
Hotels

The hotel with full of history

The hotel we stayed in Cortona in Tuscany was Hotel San Michele facing the steep slope in the old town. From the outside, it looked old and historical, and in fact...
food
Restaurants

Meals and sudden disasters

On the day we toured Glasgow, Scotland, our main meal was steak at a chain restaurant called Brown’s. Beef is one of Scotland’s specialties, isn’t it. When we chose this restaurant, we didn’t...
food
Food

Moravian cuisine and fireworks

We went to Moravia region in Czech Republic around the time of Spring Bank Holiday in late May. The capital city, Prague is in Bohemia region and Moravia is the eastern...
transports
Transports

Boat Trip on the Way Back

We went to Porvoo, in Finland, from Helsinki by bus and came back by boat. In the leaflet, it said the tour takes 7 hours. The bus ride was about 1 hour,...