Crete
For the first time in 16 years

For the first time in 16 years

This year, we took our summer holiday early and went to Crete, Greece, for the first time in 16 years. We based ourselves in Agios Nikolaos, a town on the eastern side of...

Emilia Romagna

Aesop at the Castle

The final stop on our short trip to Italy‘s Emilia-Romagna region was the town of San Secondo Parmense. It’s a sleepy little town, but it’s home to the Rocca dei Rossi Castle. We…

Emilia Romagna

Excellent countryside restaurant

In Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, my husband started searching online for lunch spots. He usually checks TripAdvisor. However, he had a hard time finding a restaurant open at lunchtime. In Italy, restaurants often offer…

Emilia Romagna

Carpi Cathedral

On the final day of our short trip to Italy‘s Emilia-Romagna region, after checking out, we returned to the town of Carpi, where we’d not yet had enough time to explore the day…

Lombardy

Isola Bella

The Isola Bella ( Beautiful Island ) is also one of the Borromeo family’s islands.They have their palace and the garden there, but we did not go in this time.I could see…

Edinburgh

Enjoyed the Scottish speciality

Haggis is probably the most famous Scottish food. When I said to my sister in Japan, “I’m going to eat haggis,” she said  “what’s that?” and searched on the internet. And she said,…

Czech Republic

The famous Charles Bridge

One of the main tourist attractions in Prague is this Charles Bridge. This bridge over Vltava River is more than 500m and there are 30 statues on it. It was completed in…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

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...
shopping
Hotels

the changeable weather in St Ives

We stayed at Poldhu Guest House in St Ives in Cornwall, the south western end of England. Because we decided to come to St Ives quite late, when we tried booking a...
airlines
Airlines

JAL Japan Airlines

JAL Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) (Nihon Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, in Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and...
food
Food

Enjoyed the Scottish speciality

Haggis is probably the most famous Scottish food. When I said to my sister in Japan, “I’m going to eat haggis,” she said  “what’s that?” and searched on the internet. And she said,...
hotels
Hotels

The view from the hotel

This time, we stayed in a hotel called Hotel du Lac in Gardone Riviera on the shore of Lake Garda. It is a three star hotel and the room was very basic, but...
food
Restaurants

Clientele looked posh in this restaurant

We went to a restaurant called Al Conte Ugolino in Milan, not too far from the Duomo. It was founded in 1935. The interior was not so much different from others, but the customers...
food
Food

Italian magic

I came back to Italy.Last time, it was bitterly cold, but now the sun is out and the sky is wonderful blue.Soon after landing, I started feeling happiness, but the crucial moment came...
transports
Transports

to New York by Amtrack

From Boston in the USA, we went to New York by train. First, we used Uber to get to the South Station in Boston from the hotel. We often use Uber at home, but during...