Lecce
Learning the word “Pignolo”

Learning the word “Pignolo”

We spent this summer holiday in Lecce, an old city in the Puglia region of Italy. We chose this location because an intensive Tai Chi workshop—a passion of my husband’s—was being held there....

Emilia Romagna

Vigoleno, a tiny, charming village

Vigoleno, located in Italy‘s Emilia-Romagna region, is a truly tiny and charming village. We visited there for a day trip one Sunday in June. When we arrived at the car park, I could…

Edinburgh

Art Museum and Wine Bar

Next in Edinburgh, Scotland, we visited the National Gallery. Looking back, I realised it had been a full eleven years since our last visit—not five, as I had thought. It is a museum…

Edinburgh

Have to go there at least once

We revisited the Whiski Bar in Edinburgh, Scotland—a place we’d always felt we simply *had* to visit. We remembered it was located on the Royal Mile, so we found it quite quickly. We…

Amalfi Coast

Though the view was disappointing

During our winter holiday in Sorrento in southern Italy, the wind had finally died down and the weather was decent, so we went to Sant’Agata, which is said to have a good view….

Slovakia

Steakhouse

We had a good steak lunch on the day in the centre of Bratislava. The restaurant was called D Steakhouse, which we found in …

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Mount Konpira

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Before leaving the town of Kotohira, our aim was climbing up the mount Konpira and visiting the temple located on the peak. The path was quite difficult...
shopping
Shopping

a Japanese in San Telmo

On Sunday in Buenos Aires in Argentina, we went to the antique market in San Telmo area which we had also been to last time. We took a taxi from Recoleta area and...
airlines
Airlines

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...
food
Food

Representative of Sicilian sweet

The Lipari island is about one hour from the main Sicily by hovercraft.So the sweets there are mainly Sicilian.I had this Cannolo in a small wine shop/restaurant called Essepiu' Enoteche.I looked up and...
hotels
Hotels

The Hotel in Nice

I chose this hotel after looking at a website, recommending it, but it was not really a 4 star hotel.The ventilator in the bathroom was broken, the telephone did not have a cord,...
food
Restaurants

Restaurant ‘Lila Sosse’

That evening, we went to a restaurant called “Lila Sosse” by taxi, which is in the new town in Dresden. It was a trendy place, which seemed to be run by young...
food
Food

We tried Eataly

We went to Eataly, an up market Italian food shop for the first time.This shop is not merely selling Italian foodstuff, but they select only producers who have the passion for the...
transports
Transports

Travel by Train

The hotel staff member in Roccella Jonica in southern Italy said “This area is forgotten. You will see that if you see the train around here”. We took that train and...