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…
Altar Made of Amber
We learned in the amber museum in Gdansk, in Poland, that there is a church whose altar is made of amber. So we went there, asking passers-by how to get there. The…
To Tehran
Before boarding Iran Air, I had the last glass of wine at Heathrow Airport in London. Alcohol was prohibited in Iran. And women had to wear scarf and loose-fitting coat even…
Izu Atagawa
We went to Izu Atagawa for one night with my old friends since my student days. Atagawa is famous for the Alligator Garden and I remember seeing lots of alligators moving on…
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...
San Antonio de Areco, the Gaucho town
The next day, we had an excursion to San Antonio de Areco from Buenos Aires in Argentina. This town is situated 113km northwest of Buenos Aires in the Pampas with the population...
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...
We planned to eat lightly
There is a retaurant that we stayed on until 4pm though their closing time was 3pm.The name of the restaurant is La Zi Ottavio (uncle Ottavio).We arrived in Monopoli after 2pm and worried...
revisit Buenos Aires
We decided to spend our Easter Holiday in Buenos Aires in Argentina. We have been there before, about two years ago, but that was a part of the grand tour visiting three...
we found another good restaurant on the last day in Alghero
The final day of our two-week stay in Alghero, northwestern Sardinia, Italy has finally arrived. My husband went to the local post office for business this morning and found that he could have...
Meat in Argentina – Bariloche
What I was looking forward to in Argentina was beef. We had our New Year’s Day dinner at a restaurant near our hotel in Bariloche called Manush and I ate the steak...
Our first bus experience and the walk in the new town
It’s been a week since we started living in Edinburgh, Scotland. And we got on the bus for the first time. Each bus ride costs £ 1.80, and if you pay in cash,...
