Lombardy
Castiglione Olona and the Alpini

Castiglione Olona and the Alpini

This winter in Northern Italy was full of rainy days, which made me gloomy. We had just moved from gloomy England to Italy, where everyone think it has bright sunshine. So, on occasional...

Capri

This time, a taxi tour

New Year’s Day on the island of Capri in southern Italy. After getting off the tourist boat, we thought we’d have a coffee at a cafe, but the only shop open was not…

Capri

We did not plan to go, but..

It was a nice day for New Year’s in Sorrento, southern Italy. So, although we hadn’t planned on going to Capri, we went. It may seem disrespectful to Capri, which is ranked 14th…

Sorrento

Year-end excitement

We went to Piazza Tasso, the central square of Sorrento, southern Italy on New Year’s Eve. As expected, a large crowd was gathered there. Loud, beat-heavy music was playing, but by around 11:30,…

Kiev

Hotel Donipro

We stayed in Hotel Dnipro in Kiev. Our travel agent had recommended to stay in Junior Suite Room rather than the Standard Room, because the standard in this country is somewhat lower than…

England

Italian in Weymouth

After having a good time in Dorset, in the south of England, we looked for a restaurant for dinner. The pub in the Isle of Portland was full, so we came…

Budapest

Sightseeing in Buda

On the second day in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, we walked around on the castle hill of Buda. There are many highlights on the hill where the Buda Castle is, so many…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

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...
shopping
Shopping

Knives and Baskets

When we were walking in Castelsardo, a town in the north of Sardinia in Italy, we noticed that there were many shops selling knives with sharp blades and colourful handles. The...
airlines
Airlines

Lufthansa Airlines

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (or simply Lufthansa) is the flag carrier of Germany and one of the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried and fleet size. Lufthansa was founded in 1926 in Berlin (the name was...
food
Food

Tuna steak

In the Eolian Islands, off Sicily, I had sea-foods every day.They are so good that I, who regard myself as a meat eater, did not miss meat at all.The photo is a tuna...
hotels
Hotels

The only shopping we did in this holiday

In Gjirokaster, an old town in Albania, we stayed at a hotel near the bustling city centre, where shops were lined up like a bazaar. The hotel was called Hotel Argjiro. It seems...
food
Restaurants

Eating Tuscan foods and walking at night

La Vecchia Lira in Milan, Italy is one of our favourite Tuscan restaurants. It’s been a long time since we’ve been there due to the Covid-19 crisis. Moreover, I think it was the...
food
Food

Very Good Lunch and Confetti

Now it was lunch time in Sulmona, a town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy. Our guide, Guido, took us to a restaurant called Il Vecchio Muro, which he had been...
transports
Transports

about the first time we went to Norway

As of December 2020, when Covid-19 is still rampant, we are not in a situation that we can easily go here and there as usual, so I have run out of new travel...