Seafood tapas restaurant
In Otranto, in the southern Italian region of Apulia, our first-choice restaurant happened to be closed for lunch on Thursdays— and it was a Thursday. My husband mentioned that the owner—or someone who…
Apulia
Something more intense than the mosaic
During our summer holiday in the Apulia region of southern Italy, we visited the towns of Maglie and Otranto the following day. We stopped in Maglie because we had read that it featured…
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…
Wear a long skirt when you visit a monastery
Meteora in Greece is famous for its landscape of monasteries perched on top of strangely shaped rocks. After lunch, we enjoyed these views. I wasn’t surprised because there are pictures of it being…
To Quebec City
After staying three nights in Toronto in Canada, we flew to Quebec City. We had booked the tickets long ago through an agency in London. The airline was called Air Canada…
Scottish National Gallery
I have been to Edinburgh many times, but this was my first visit to Scottish National Gallery. It stands on The Mound, which is an artificial hill connecting New Town and Old…
Stay in a Ryokan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In the touristic town of Kotohira, in Kagawa prefecture, I stayed one night in a tipical Japanese hotel (Ryokan), called Tsuruya. My Japanese friend Shogo, who accompanied...
beads of Murano
Every time we go to Murano in Venice, we end up buying some glass products. Not only jewelleries, but one time we stretched our budget to buy a colourful vase. When I...
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...
Lunch
This is one of the dishes we had in our first lunch in Vietnam called “White Rose”, which was something I had wanted to try in the country. Before coming to Vietnam, I...
The Airbnb we arrived after a long train journey
This day was the day of travel from Lisbon, Portugal to Oporto in the north. This time, we had decided to spend the second half of our trip in Oporto and go around...
A restaurant on top of a stable
When we went to Angera on Lake Maggiore, Italy, we went to look for a restaurant which has a good reputation on internet site. It is far from the lake itself in a...
Paradise for gourmet
We went to #Borough #Market in #London where all of the gourmets in London gather.Our purpose was to buy rabbit meat which we cannot find in supermarkets.Here they open everyday except Sunday,...
Train journey
In Slovakia, the place I really really wanted to go was a village called Cicmany. The photos I saw in the internet were so attractive and ...
