Vigoleno, a tiny, charming village
Vigoleno, located in Italy‘s Emilia-Romagna region, is a truly tiny and charming village. We visited there for a day trip one Sunday in June. When we arrived at the car park, I could…
Lecce
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…
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…
The symbol of a rearing horse
Lugo is a town in Emilia Romagna in Italy and it is famous as Francesco Baracca’s birth place.If you know him, you must be an expert about Italy or WW1.I did not…
The view we could not see
We were so good at ‘treasure each encounter, because it will never recur’ theory that when we arrive at Yokoyama Visitor Centre, it was already dark. The place was strongly recommended by the lady…
Sea urchin
After we enjoyed the night view in Hakodate, it was the time for dinner.We went to the restaurant called “Uni Murakami” which I had already chosen from our guide book by taxi.The…
‘Read’ a pasta dish
Talking with a Japanese friend of mine, Koji, who is a wine and food expert, I learned that there is an Italian dish called Napolitan in Japan, which I did not know that existed.
Blue John and Haircut
On the last day of our short holiday in Lincoln, the city in the middle of England, we went into a jewellery shop that had interested me during our stay. The reason...
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...
Portuguese people like cakes
The timing was not very good for eating when we arrived in Coimbra in Portugal.The hotel receptionist told us “No, nothing is open at this time, excepet that one”.So we went in...
Lovely B&B
During our family holiday in south Italy, we went to a pretty seaside town of Otranto.We stayed in a B&B called Palazzo De Mori.Actually I stayed here three and a half years...
A meal at Soncino that exceeded expectations
In Soncino in Lombardy, Northern Italy, we made a reservation for lunch as soon as we arrived, and it was really good that we did. It was called Antica Rocca, and we were...
Beer Garden
One of the main pleasures of a holiday in Germany is a beer garden. We spend a nice time in a beer garden on the Elbe riverbank in Dresden. Maybe because it...
Going Up the East Hill by the ‘Lift’
After a satisfactory lunch in Hastings in the south of England, we went up the East Hill by East Hill Lift. The station was just next to the restaurant. The lift...
