Feeling déjà vu in Santa Margherita Ligure
We had a short trip to Liguria in Northern Italy for the first time in a while. This time, our destination was Santa Margherita Ligure, a place we’d never been to before. After…
Liguria
In Novara, where we went to see the ballet
Novara, located in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, is not well known, but it has many attractions, including a tall domed church and medieval buildings. And for a provincial city, it’s home…
Dining at the monastery
My husband told me he’d made a reservation at a restaurant inside the monastery, so I was very curious to see what kind of simple food I’d be served. The Torba Monastery is…
About the Cave City, Uplistsikhe, and the Surrounding Area
There is an ancient cave city called Uplistsikhe, which is only 10km east of Gori, the birthplace of Stalin. According to our guidebook, this place was developed between the 6th century…
Simple cake
In the tour going into the inland of Crete, we had a rest at Askifoe Plateau.Here we are introduced a simple cake.It is a kind of crepe with cottage cheese and you put some…
Sounds of organ
One morning in Rome, the sound of organ woke us up. There was a church right next to the hotel and the sounds were from there. Our room was situated at the…
A Restaurant, Europe and Japan together
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I read recently that in Italy some restaurants that serve mix of Italian and Japanese cookings. In Osaka, in Japan, I had the opportunity to have a...
Buy pieces of lace
According to my guide book, there are many women who knit lace and sell their products on the streets. It says ‘Buy one or two pieces which would help them sustaining...
Cathay Pacific Airways
Initially based in Shanghai, the two men eventually moved to Hong Kong and established the airline.
Visiting Howth to eat seafood
During 5 day tour in Ireland, we could not come across good seafood as we expected. So after coming back to Dublin, we went to a port town called Howth which is about...
Hotel in Lipari
The destination of this travel is The Eolian Islands, off Sicily. I stayed in the biggest islands called Lipari and the hotel was called Gattopardo Park Hotel. The atmosphere of the hotel was...
A little posh restaurant
In the evening when we arrived in Como in northern Italy, we had a walk in the town and looked for a restaurant where we could have a light dinner. The restaurant...
They eat very well there
When I told my Italian friends that I was going to Puglia, south Italy, they all said ' si mangia bene'.It means something like 'they eat very well there'.The first meal we had in...
went to Whitstable to eat oysters
We usually have a short trip every year at the end of September, but this year the Covid-19 gained momentum again, so we gave up having a holiday. But it’s boring to stay...
