Because a wooden one would be too heavy
Continuing our tour of churches in Lecce, in the Puglia region of Southern Italy. After the Duomo, we visited the Church of Santa Chiara, which dates back to the 15th century. I was…
Lecce
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…
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…
Japanese restaurant in Italy
In Italy, Japanese foods are popular, too.I went to a restaurant called ' Kokoro' in Sesto San Giovanni, just outside of Milan.This one serves fusion cooking between Italian and Japanese, run by a…
Declining town
Castletown in Isle of Man was the capital of the island until 1869. We stayed in the current capital, Douglas, but everybody said that we should visit Castletown. So I was…
Run full speed on the sea at night
Yalta was in full swing at night. We had a walk along the promenade and found that the speed boat was just about to go. So we decided to have a…
Eat Italian food in Tokyo
This is my friend, Bangly's posting. Usually when I travel I like to be totally absorbed in local customs, so I eat only local foods because foods are one of the forms of...
The next day was sunny
[On the second day in Yokohama, Japan, the sun was shining and completely opposite of the bad weather of the previous day. And it was warm, too. If we had planned this trip one day...
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...
High Heels
They look quite real, aren't they? They are all cakes.I found this in La Rinascente department store just next to Duomo in Milan.
To unknown Tuscany
Our journey in Italy continues. We wanted to go to Tuscany for the first time in a while, but as we learned from our trip to Lake Como in April, famous places were...
Meal at Piraeus Port
A friend of ours came back from visiting the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, and we went out together to a restaurant in Piraeus Port. My husband found this restaurant online and we...
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...
A diversity of Europe
I took a local train from Zermatt to Brig in Switzerland.And then I took an express train back to Milan in Italy.Soon after we left Brig, there were a range of long tunnels...
