Lecce
Back in Lecce

Back in Lecce

After visiting a beautiful church in Galatina—a town in the Salento region of Apulia, southern Italy—we had lunch at a restaurant outside of the town. However, I’m skipping the details of that meal...

Lecce

Milan prices

On the first day of our summer holiday in Lecce, Puglia (Southern Italy), we took a break at our Airbnb and then searched online for a delicious dinner spot. Naturally, given the region’s…

Lecce

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….

Sardinia

Asinara was a prison island

Asinara, an island located at the tip of north western Sardinia in Italy, is famous as a nature reserve, but what was even more interesting to me was that it was a prison island. There…

Spain

Another hotel in Granada

This is a photo of another hotel in Granada, called Santa Isabel la Real. It is in the Albaicin area, which is, according to my guide book, rather dangerous with many pick pockets…

Rome

Full of people

We visited Spanish Steps in Rome, too.When we got there, it was full of people and some work was going on at the fountain at the foot of steps.On the steps there…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

JR Rail Pass

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. This time the destination of my travel was Japan. I did not have the time to settle myself down in Tokyo in the house of my close...
shopping
Shopping

walk in the morning and then shopping

The weather was very nice on the second day in Tavira in Portugal. Our hotel was on top of the hill, so we started to walking down, visiting Igreja de Santa Maria...
airlines
Airlines

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...
food
Food

Ice cream for breakfast?

In the morning in Syracuse in the southeastern part of Sicily, Italy, we went out for an Italian breakfast, croissants and cappuccino. The Airbnb where we stayed was in the new town,...
hotels
Hotels

A Very Surreal Hot-Spring Ryokan

The next place we visited in the Oga Peninsula in the Akita prefecture in Japan was Oga Aquarium GAO. In fact, the reason we had decided to visit Oga Peninsula was that my...
food
Restaurants

Restaurant managed by daddy

On the last day of our short holiday in Tuscany in Italy, we went to a restaurant called 13 Gobbi recommended by a staff in our hotel. It is in a...
food
Food

The Best Bagel Shop in the Town

On the day we walked around Shoreditch in East London, one of my friends said “We came all the way here, we should go and get Bagels”. According to her, the bagels...
transports
Transports

Sicily at last

This year’s summer holiday was spent in Syracuse, Sicily. A holiday that would have been realised a year ago originally. We have bitter memories of this time last year when my husband’s leg...