To Pizzighettone
We visited Pizzighettone in Lombardy, Italy, to enjoy the autumn scenery before the days got too short. It’s an old town about 66 kilometres southeast of Milan, just over an hour’s drive from…
Lombardy
Mural and trouble
Lyon, France, is home to many murals. It’s fun to wander around and look at them. After lunch, we still had some time before our return train, so we walked around a bit…
This is a real bouchon
For our last day in Lyon, France, we made a reservation at La Meuniere, which was at the top of the list of recommended bouchons. It had closed two days prior, so we…
Quickly Visited Salamis
During our individual tour into the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, we visited the ruins of Salamis. People lived here as early as the 12th century BC and now you can see…
Walk in Evora in the rain
After having a satisfying lunch in Evora, a town in the Alentejo region of Portugal, we walked around the town. Due to the bad weather, to be honest, I wanted to go back,…
Countless crabs
These are the crabs sold in Gijang Market in Busan. Here there are lots of tanks with numerous crabs being kept alive. Only a few days ago, we were in Kanazawa in Japan…
Mount Konpira
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Before leaving the town of Kotohira, our aim was climbing up the mount Konpira and visiting the temple located on the peak. The path was quite difficult...
one day in Isfahan (part 2)
In Isfahan, the ancient capital in Iran, we walked towards Vank Church from our hotel after lunch. On the way, we came across a carpet shop. I popped in just to see...
Cathay Pacific Airways
Initially based in Shanghai, the two men eventually moved to Hong Kong and established the airline.
I treated myself to the expensive tea.
In the Taipei group tour, 'tea seminar' was included.Tea is Taiwan's well known speciality.We got explanation and tasting of a few kinds of tea including oolong tea.The most attractive one was Puer Tea, which...
Room With The View
Because the hotel we had booked in Paphos in Cyprus was horrible, we had to look for another place. I would have thought that we should go to the tourist office and...
simple dishes and the designer hotel
We had a short holiday in Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia in Spain. It is famous for its sherry. When we arrived in the town on the sunny day without any...
Guinness is Irish symbol
This is inside of Guiness Storehouse, a museum/attraction of Guinness. The main building is a huge pint glass shape and there are a lot of interesting gadgets all over the place. They must...
The way to Sintra
Sintra is considered to be an “absolute place to go” (guidebook) as a day trip destination from Lisbon, Portugal. We visited here in February 2019, when my husband had his leg injured and...
