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…
Make some clothes, a pair of shoes…
When you walk in Hoi An in Vietnam, you will definitely notice tailor shops. They are literally next to each other. As I had known it because a colleague of mine told…
Museum which used to be a palace
The City Museum in Sibenik in Croatia is in a building which used to be a palace of the duke who was the highest representative of the government. It was built…
Age of Discovery
This is a view of sunset in Lisbon. The monument on the left was built in 1960 to commemorate 500th anniversary of Infante Dom Henrique’s death. He was a leading figure of Portugal’s powerful…
Meditate in a Zen garden
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in Kansai area I had the opportunity to visit the temple Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, which has one of the most important Zen gardens in...
buying a saddlebag from a Bakhtiari family
We had a long drive in the hilly terrain from Daran, a small town in Iran to the area called Marboreh. On the way, there was a dam and we were checked...
Aeroflot airlines
Aeroflot – Russian airline, commonly known as Aeroflot, is the flag carrier of the Russian federation. The carrier operates domestic and international passenger services, mainly from its hub at Sheremetyevo International Airport. According to them...
Goose Dish
This is a photo of the goose dish I had in Gdansk in Poland. It was served with a pear sauce. The meat was drier than duck, but it tasted very good....
It is Italy here, too
A young couple invited us for an excursion to South Tyrol, which is in north east of Italy.A long time ago, when I visited Europe for the first time, our group moved...
a relaxing day in Looe
In the morning of the third day in Looe, the seaside town in Cornwall in south western England, I had ordered pancake for breakfast and got astonished to find that it...
Choose tapas bars carefully
There are many tapas bars in Seville, the capital of the Andalusian region of Spain. According to the guidebook, Seville is the birthplace of tapas, and there are as many as 3,000 tapas...
By Frecciarossa
We went to Rome from #Milan by high speed train, #Frecciarossa.On the way, it was non stop and took 2 hours and 55 minutes.On the way back, it was a slower one...
