Seafood tapas restaurant
In Otranto, in the southern Italian region of Apulia, our first-choice restaurant happened to be closed for lunch on Thursdays— and it was a Thursday. My husband mentioned that the owner—or someone who…
Apulia
Something more intense than the mosaic
During our summer holiday in the Apulia region of southern Italy, we visited the towns of Maglie and Otranto the following day. We stopped in Maglie because we had read that it featured…
Back in Lecce
After visiting a beautiful church in Galatina—a town in the Salento region of Apulia, southern Italy—we had lunch at a restaurant outside of the town. However, I’m skipping the details of that meal…
Colours of Sighisoara
Sighisoara in Romania is a very pretty town, listed in the World Heritage of Unisco. The model of Dracula, Vlad the third was born here. The yellow house near the clock tower…
The restaurant right next to the gate
We were exhausted when we came back to Aosta after seeing the castles in Valle d’Aosta, the north western tip of Italy, but as we had booked a table in a restaurant at…
To Xiahe
At the bus station in Lanzhou in China, we looked for the bus to Xiahe where the Tibetan people lived. We found the bus easily and got on it, which was fine,…
‘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.
Mr. Matsuo who is full of love for his hometown
Taking a break from sightseeing in the old town of Plovdiv in Bulgaria, we went to a souvenir shop. It was a shop where crafts were rather messily placed in a shop that...
Traveling by Air: Connecting Worlds
We love exploring new destinations and the journey is often as exciting as the arrival. While we are currently updating our archives on airlines and flight experiences, we look forward to sharing more insights on...
where is the tasty wine?
The town of Mikulov in Moravia region in Czech Republic, which is famous for its wine is very pretty with the castle on top of a hill. The railway station where...
Its only redeeming feature is its spaciousness
In Casablanca, Morocco, we stayed in a regular hotel for the first time on this trip. Up until then (and going forward), we had always stayed in riads. The hotel was the Melliber...
Pub lunch
During this short break in England, we appreciated local pubs, which was an extra bonus we did not expect. After we enjoyed pubs in Cumbria and Cotswolds, the one we went in...
Wine Tasting
Our full city tour in Buenos Aires in Argentina finished in front of a restaurant called Freud & Fahler, which was near our hotel in Palermo. We said goodbye to Elisabet, our...
Travelling by train to Lyon
We travelled by train from Milan, Italy to Lyon, France‘s second largest city. It was our first time there. I’d heard that Lyon is a city of fine cuisine, so I was excited....
