A town that had as many as 120 churches
Lecce, in the Puglia region of Southern Italy, is said to have once been home to as many as 120 churches. I learned this while participating in a walking tour (costing €20, per…
Lecce
Swim in the sea, round one
A summer holiday wouldn’t be complete without a trip to the beach. We headed to Baia dei Turchi, a beach located about 5.5 kilometres along the coast from Otranto, in the Apulia region…
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…
We planned to eat lightly
There is a retaurant that we stayed on until 4pm though their closing time was 3pm.The name of the restaurant is La Zi Ottavio (uncle Ottavio).We arrived in Monopoli after 2pm and worried…
The embroidery
In the tour in Hoi An in Vietnam, we were taken to a kind of craft centre next. The proper name was ‘Fine Arts – Handicraft Manufacture Hoi An’. According to Mr.Hai,…
Pantheon, by mistake
The purpose of this trip to France was to meet friends and watch a ballet at the Opera House, so we had no plans for sightseeing Paris at all. The next day, we…
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...
The man who studied at Tokyo University of the Arts
There were some stylish shops in Valparaiso in Chile. I bought this Chrysocolla ring there. Chile is famous for its Lapis Lazuli, but they have other stones related to copper, too, like...
Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi
Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
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 View From the Hotel Room
My family came from Japan to Italy. We joined them and had a family holiday in Italy this autumn. First, we stayed in Milan. We stayed in the Michelangelo Hotel, which was...
Boat, view and ‘the Old Bridge’
In the evening, we went to the restaurant in the boat moored on the Danube, which was recommended by our tour guide. It was an...
local dishes in Kumamoto
On the evening of the day that we did excursion to the outskirts of Kumamoto City in Kyushu in Japan, we went to a Japanese-style bar/restaurant called “Goen” which was recommended by the...
By local trains
Because the weather is not usually nice in England, when it is sunny in the weekend, I feel I ought to go somewhere.On this Saturday, we decided to go to Windsor.I found...
