But still, seafood
During our summer holiday in the town of Agios Nikolaos on the Greek island of Crete, we decided to relax on this day as it was a day of rest. That’s the great…
Crete
This lunch was worth the wait
On our tour of eastern Crete, Greece, we were finally taken to a restaurant. Lunch was included in the tour. We were starving. We stopped at a restaurant in a neighbourhood where construction…
Rich monastery and the painful beach
On our tour of eastern Crete, Greece, we finally arrived at Toplou Monastery, one of our destinations. We paid €5 to enter, but there was no explanation beyond the pamphlet’s description that it…
Cave hotel
This is our hotel room in Matera in Basilicata, south Italy. Matera is cave town and of course the hotel is in the cave. The room was slightly humid, but warm and comfortable…
A fortress more than 1000 years ago
To be honest, in this bus tour in Ireland I could not understand the guide very well. His Irish English was far beyond my listening comprehension ability. So I am not 100% sure…
Eyes of Sibiu
When I visited Sibiu in Romania 9 years ago, the town was under renovation work. They were preparing for 2007 when this town was European Capital of Culture. That time and this…
‘Read’ a pasta dish
Talking with a Japanese friend of mine, Koji, who is a wine and food expert, I learned that there is an Italian dish called Napolitan in Japan, which I did not know that existed.
The cheese market in Chiswick
A hobby class teacher told us that a cheese market would be held in the Chiswick district in western London, so we went there. The classroom is also in this Chiswick, but for...
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...
Conger special restaurant
A friend of ours took us to a restaurant in Nihonbashi in Tokyo called “Tamai” which is specialised in conger eel dishes. I had never eaten conger eel apart from the one...
Having a meal at a Mehana
Melnik in the southwest of Bulgaria is a village located about 20 kilometres from the border with Greece. The reason why we came here is because it was recommended by an Italian colleague...
About the Delicious Lunch and Some Other Things
For our lunch on the second day in Alghero, the town in Sardinia in Italy, we looked for a restaurant called Nautilus, which was recommended on a website. According to the...
Unspoiled Alicudi
I had an another boat trip to visit Alicudi, one of the Eolian Islands off Sicily.When we arrived there, it was just a lunch time, so I went straight to one canteen.The man...
The reason why we decided to go to this town
We went to Stuttgart, Germany for the first time. It had been a long time since I had been outside Italy. The reason is that it took me nine months to get a...
