The woes of low-cost airlines
We suddenly decided to fly from our home in northern Italy to London, England to do some errand. Regular airlines were surprisingly expensive, so we decided to fly with low-cost airline Ryanair. Low-cost…
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Lunch in Nervi
While strolling around Nervi in Liguria, northern Italy, we sat on a bench just as the main street neared its end. And my husband started searching online for a place to grab a…
Stop at Nervi
On our way back from Santa Margherita Ligure in Liguria, northern Italy, we stopped off at Genoa Nervi, a railway station on the way. I knew the name of the town because it…
Church in a Rock
We walked along the walking route suggested in our guide book on the last day in Helsinki. But after a while, we realised that we did not have enough time, so we…
Take Photos of Rainy London
We took a part in the Urban Photo Race (UPR), which we had joined last year in Amsterdam and this year in London. The UPR is a kind of a photo competition where…
Where is the tasty wine?
The town of Mikulov in Moravia region in Czech Republic, which is famous for its wine is very pretty with the castle on top of a hill. The railway station where…
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...
meeting Sani people in Shilin
As of April 2020, the COVID-19 is raging all over the world and we cannot even go out of our house, let alone travel. Therefore I decided to talk about my old travels. These happened...
Aeroflot airlines
Aeroflot – Russian airline, commonly known as Aeroflot, is the flag carrier of the Russian federation. The carrier operates domestic and international passenger services, mainly from its hub at Sheremetyevo International Airport. According to them...
The Wine Festival
July seems to be the month of festivals in Germany.After the Bridge Festival in Heidelberg, I came across the Wine Festival in Freiburg.Lots of middle to old age people were there, too.Here you...
The hotel like a manor house
When we went to see Hadrian’s Wall, we stayed one night at Slaley Hall in Northumberland. It is in the middle of nowhere. The house used to be a manor house of Edwardian...
Clientele looked posh in this restaurant
We went to a restaurant called Al Conte Ugolino in Milan, not too far from the Duomo. It was founded in 1935. The interior was not so much different from others, but the customers...
Beer country
Poland is a beer country. It was memorable that when I ordered beer instead of wine at a restaurant, the waiter bobbed his head in approval with a big smile in Krakow in...
used the underground train to go shopping
It was Sunday on the third day of our stay in Buenos Aires in Argentina. For me, it was the shopping day I was looking forward to. Although many of the ordinary...
