Eat local cuisine from Apulia
In Nardò, a town in the Apulia region of Southern Italy, we had a reservation at a meat-focused restaurant called “Gli Artigiani.” My husband found it online and made the booking; it wasn’t…
Lecce
Revisiting Nardò
We had visited Nardò, in the Apulia region of Southern Italy, on a previous trip to the area. It was a charming town, but I felt I hadn’t really explored it thoroughly, so…
Ballet in Piazza del Duomo
During our summer holiday in Lecce—a historic town in the Apulia region of Southern Italy—we spent an evening watching a ballet performance at an open-air theatre set up in the Piazza del Duomo….
The tough village walking in La Balagne
The next day, we had another walking tour and this time was the village walking of the Balagne region on Corsica, France. From Calvi, where we were staying, we took a two-car train…
You cannot go wrong with this restaurant
On the second day in Dubrovnik, Croatia, we had a reservation at a restaurant called Moskar for lunch. This restaurant was recommended by a couple of friends who visited the town a few…
The beautiful riad
We stayed at Riad la Maison Blanche in Tangier, an old port city in northern Morocco. On this trip, most of our accommodations were riads (traditional old mansions converted into hotels), and the…
Sakè in Japan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In Italy the word sakè indicates a particular alcoholic drink typical from Japan, but the reality is not exatcly like that. In fact, in Japan the word...
Selling by weight
In Volterra in Tuscany in Italy, we found one accessory shop which reproduce the ancient designs of Etruscans. The shop is called Fabula Etrusca and it is a cooperative of 5...
Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi
Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
Watermelon
After enjoying our walk along the promenade and tasting the lovely ice cream in Italy, we headed back to our B&B. On the way, we found this stall selling only watermelon....
The island of the internment camps
Isle of Man had a lot of enjoyable elements, such as pretty historical trains and the special cat without a tail, but on the other hand, there is an aspect that...
Dining at the palace
In Cremona, Northern Italy, we had been going to a restaurant called “Violino”, but this time we decided to go for something different and made a reservation at Hosteria 700, which my husband...
the rabbit dish, Sardinian beer and the church
This was a normal weekday in Alghero, a town in the northwestern part of Sardinia, Italy. As always my husband had a walk in the morning and he went to the market and...
boat trip from Yangshuo
On the second day in Yangshuo in China, my bottom was hurting so much that I could not sit on a chair easily and that was because of our tough cycling the...
