Art Museum and Wine Bar
Next in Edinburgh, Scotland, we visited the National Gallery. Looking back, I realised it had been a full eleven years since our last visit—not five, as I had thought. It is a museum…
Emilia Romagna
Have to go there at least once
We revisited the Whiski Bar in Edinburgh, Scotland—a place we’d always felt we simply *had* to visit. We remembered it was located on the Royal Mile, so we found it quite quickly. We…
This old castle is a hidden gem
The next morning in Edinburgh, Scotland, it was raining. And it wasn’t just a drizzle; it was a proper downpour. We had decided to visit Craigmillar Castle—a spot my husband found online—so we…
Building boom
In the southen part of Crimea on the sea, they were building high rise apartments one after another, which was damaging the view. They are for Ukrainian or Russian rich people’s…
Small Acqua Alta
The next morning when we went out in Venice, we found that the Piazza San Marco was flooded. There were passages made up of stools so that people could walk without getting…
Having a Lunch in Arezzo
On the way to the south, of course I got hungry. So I stopped in a pretty town called Arezzo in Tuscany. The restaurant I was planning to go was closed, and a…
In Moscow 1980
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we landed at the Moscow airport in April 1980, at the passport control we we found the officials wearing uniforms, with no smiles or no expressions. They looked...
Knives and Baskets
When we were walking in Castelsardo, a town in the north of Sardinia in Italy, we noticed that there were many shops selling knives with sharp blades and colourful handles. The...
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...
Local dish
I went to see Hadrian’s Wall in north England with friends. On the way, we stopped for lunch at a town called Brampton. The speciality around here is Cumberland Sausage, made from pork...
Sleepy wife and villain looking husband
The hotel we stayed in in Plovdiv, Bulgaria‘s second largest city, is named Boutique Hotel Boris Palace and is located in the middle of the old town. It’s a small hotel and has...
Though the view was disappointing
During our winter holiday in Sorrento in southern Italy, the wind had finally died down and the weather was decent, so we went to Sant’Agata, which is said to have a good view....
Jacket Potato Restaurant
The guide on the free walking tour in Gdansk in Poland said that there are many good restaurants in the street, which starts at the Great Armoury. So we walked there and...
Stepping into the Alps
The Skyway, a ropeway that goes up to Monte Bianco from Courmayeur, a resort area in the Valle d’Aosta region in north western Italy, costs €59 per person for a round trip. I...
