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…
To Mantua
On a day in the middle of December, when the weather was fine but bitterly cold, we visited Mantua from Milan in Italy. Mantua is listed as a Unesco World Heritage site,…
Taking a boat in Oslo
Coming back from the walking tour on the river where they redeveloped well to the port area in Oslo, Norway, we found that this area has been redeveloped as well and…
Also in Dunfermline there are Ruins of a palace and an abbey
After spending a lovely morning in Culross, a small town in the Scottish region of Fife, we took the bus to Dunfermline, where the train station is located. We decided to take a…
Mount Konpira
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Before leaving the town of Kotohira, our aim was climbing up the mount Konpira and visiting the temple located on the peak. The path was quite difficult...
The Atmospheric Hotel and The Historic Miso Shop in Kakunodate
We stayed in “Tamachi Bukeyashiki Hotel” in Kakunodate in Akita prefecture in Japan. Their catchphrase is “the traditional warehouse-style hotel, surrounded by the black Kuroitabei (black wooden wall)”. As they say, the...
Vietnam Airlines
According to company’s official website, the history of Vietnam Airlines dates back to January 1956 when the Vietnam Civil Aviation Department was established by the Government, marking the birth of the civil aviation industry in...
Lobsters in Rockport
We took a one day excursion from Boston, USA to Rockport which is about 64 km north east of Boston. We went to North Station in Boston by the subway from the...
Pousada in Evora
In Evora, Portugal, we stayed in a hotel called Pousada, which used to be a convent. It became a luxurious hotel in 1965, apparently. The lower building on the right in the photo...
To Calabria in Southern Italy
We spent our summer holiday in Calabria in the south of Italy this year. It is in the “toe” section of the boot of Italy. This was my first visit to...
visiting a winery
We saw and tasted a lot of things in our short holiday in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy, but now it was coming to the end. On this day, we went...
Vortex of excitement
At Glasgow Airport in Scotland, we went to the Logan Air boarding gate while looking sideways at people who were drinking alcohol early in the morning. The boarding gate for the flight to...
