Lunch in Nervi
While strolling around Nervi in Liguria, northern Italy, we sat on a bench just as the main street neared its end. And my husband started searching online for a place to grab a…
Lombardy
Stop at Nervi
On our way back from Santa Margherita Ligure in Liguria, northern Italy, we stopped off at Genoa Nervi, a railway station on the way. I knew the name of the town because it…
Have the villa all to ourselves
Continuing our short trip to Santa Margherita Ligure in Liguria, northern Italy. The next morning, we planned to tour the town’s famous landmarks. We started walking toward the castle, but along the way,…
Olympic Park
A friend of mine invited us to visit Olympic Park, which has been being built since the Olympic game in 2012 in London finished. The official name is Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park….
Snow wall
The main purpose of our travel to Iwate Prefecture in Japan was to see the snow wall. My Japanese family already went and saw it a few years ago and had a…
Music competition?
I still do not know what festival happening on the day when we visited Basel in Switzerland, but all over the town the music parade was going on just like this shop window….
‘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.
Handicrafts in Scanno
Scanno, the town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy, is small but they have high quality handicrafts. It is especially famous for the pendant called Presentosa. We also saw some of them...
Qantas Airlines
Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest domestic and international airline. Registered originally as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited (QANTAS), Qantas is widely regarded as...
Massandra Wine
After walking in the crowded town of Yalta at night, we went into the hotel restaurant to try Massandra Wine. It is the local wine and very famous around here. It...
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...
Generous portion
On the second day of our stay in Zadar in Croatia, we went to a restaurant called Konoba Na Po Ure, which was listed in our guide book. As the book...
Excellent ale
We had a rest in a pub in Chipping Campden in Cotswolds, England. The pub served foods, but because we had to go further, we just had a half pint of local...
Easygoing trolleybus
The capital city of Crimea is Simferopol where the airport is and from there to Yalta in south is more than 80 km. The transport which connects these two towns is...
