A town that had as many as 120 churches
Lecce, in the Puglia region of Southern Italy, is said to have once been home to as many as 120 churches. I learned this while participating in a walking tour (costing €20, per…
Lecce
Swim in the sea, round one
A summer holiday wouldn’t be complete without a trip to the beach. We headed to Baia dei Turchi, a beach located about 5.5 kilometres along the coast from Otranto, in the Apulia region…
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…
Photography class
On a beautiful Sunday, we joined a photography class at Hughenden Manor in High Wycombe which is not far from London. This organisation limits the number of the attendance to 10 for…
Morning market
In Hakodate in Hokkaido, Japan, they have a morning market near the station. I looked up and found that this started in 1945 soon after the end of the WW2 by farmers…
The pleasure boat on Danube
After taking a break at a nice hotel in Budapest, Hungary, we took the metro train to the Danube River, which runs through the town. Or rather, when we were about to go,…
Osaka castle
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. One of the most important touristic attraction in the city of Osaka is its castle. It was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the three people who...
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...
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...
the beautiful beach and the touristy fishing village
On another day during our summer holiday in the south of Sicily in Italy, the guide who looked after us on the first day took us to San Lorenzo beach and...
Also this time it was Airbnb
We stayed at an Airbnb in Agios Nikolaos, a town in eastern Crete, Greece. Since our first Airbnb stay in Sardinia in 2020, we’ve become completely addicted to its convenience. We’ve had about...
Restaurant in Sorrento
This is a photo of the Bruschetta we ate in Sorrento in southern Italy. Very simple, but the tomato tasted wonderful. This is only possible in the south. I chose the spaghetti vongole,...
The clam hot pot and Daikon radish in Kameido
At the invitation of a friend of ours who lives in Tokyo, Japan, we went for a walk around Kameido, a part of downtown Tokyo, which she had never walked before, either. We...
Taking Funicular Railway Again
When I see a funicular railway, I always want to ride.Here in Heidelberg in Germany, you need to take two different cable-cars to get to the top of the hill called Konigstuhl.The lower...
