Feeling déjà vu in Santa Margherita Ligure
We had a short trip to Liguria in Northern Italy for the first time in a while. This time, our destination was Santa Margherita Ligure, a place we’d never been to before. After…
Liguria
In Novara, where we went to see the ballet
Novara, located in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, is not well known, but it has many attractions, including a tall domed church and medieval buildings. And for a provincial city, it’s home…
Dining at the monastery
My husband told me he’d made a reservation at a restaurant inside the monastery, so I was very curious to see what kind of simple food I’d be served. The Torba Monastery is…
The gorgeous church and the monastery of a small nun
The most famous tourist attraction in Osuna, a town in the Andalusia region of Spain, is probably the church called Colegiata de Osuna. Even the unskilled tourist information officer was proud of this….
What is this??
We took the optional tour to visit Isle of Staffa, about 40 minutes sail by rather small fishing boat with about 80 other visitors, but the journey was definitely worth it! This land…
On the country road
On the way back from Martina Franca in south #Italy, we decided to drop in to #Alberobello.We followed the sign, but got into a small country road which takes us longer but…
Excursion to Nara
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in Osaka we decided to go to Nara for one day. Nara was the first capital of Japan. It took us almost one hour...
shopping in Burano
One of the purposes of our holiday in Venice this time was island hopping. So we wanted to go to the island of San Francesco del Deserto where there is a monastery...
Cathay Pacific Airways
Initially based in Shanghai, the two men eventually moved to Hong Kong and established the airline.
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...
A Big Room
This is a part of the room in Lotte Hotel in Seoul. It was a surprisingly big room. Is it because Korea is in a continent and has a plenty of land? Or...
Paraty at night
The first thing I noticed in Paraty, Brazil at night was the vendors selling sweets such as egg tart pastries and creme caramels. The ground was paved very roughly and very difficult...
Cave restaurant
After visiting Noravank monastery in Armenia, we went to a restaurant in a cave in this gorge. It was too simple to call a restaurant really. It was decorated with the...
Cross over to an island by this bus
On the last day of our stay in Ribe, Denmark, we had an excursion to an island called Mando. This is about 10 km away from the town and you go there by...
