Lecce
Learning the word “Pignolo”

Learning the word “Pignolo”

We spent this summer holiday in Lecce, an old city in the Puglia region of Italy. We chose this location because an intensive Tai Chi workshop—a passion of my husband’s—was being held there....

Emilia Romagna

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…

Edinburgh

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…

Edinburgh

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…

Milan

Adda river

We had an excursion to a riverside town called Trezzo sull’Adda, about 30 minutes away by car from Milan.The name of the river is Adda.It starts from Alps and flows through…

Consuegra

La Mancha

On the last day in Toledo, Spain, we wanted to go out of the city, so we visited the tourist office for the advice. If we had a car, there were about…

Tunisia

Shabby Frenchman

As soon as we entered the medina in Tozeur, a city south of Tunisia, we got hooed by a man, probably French who looked quite different from the local people. He took…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

The small town of Kotohira

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. The first stop of my travel in Kagawa prefecture in Japan was Kotohira city. During day time this city is very busy because it is located on...
shopping
Shopping

Shopping in Kossuth Street

The Festetics Palace is the main attraction of Keszthely, a Hungarian resort town facing Lake Balaton. Built by a progressive landowner named the Festetics family from 1745 taking over 100 years, it is...
airlines
Airlines

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...
hotels
Hotels

the hotel on the island

The hotel we stayed on the island of Isla Grande in Colombia was the Hotel San Pedro de Majagua. Apparently it used to be a house of a French painter. If I...
food
Restaurants

Dubrovnik has become completely touristy

I was surprised when we went out to the town of Dubrovnik in Croatia. Because it has become a tourist attraction. Last time I visited here was over 20 years ago. It was...
food
Food

Taste was exploded

Our last dinner in Malta was in a seafood restaurant in Marsaxlokk called Ir-Rizzu. My starter was octopus and prawn and the main was Dott, fish with white flesh, simply grilled. Everything...
transports
Transports

What is Falkirk Wheel?

The last day we spent with our friends who came during our stay in Edinburgh, we went to Falkirk, about 37.5 kilometers northwest of Edinburgh. The aim was not the town itself, but...