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Belgrade

The Restaurant Called “?” and the Town at Night

[ May 2018 ] In Belgrade, the capital city in Serbia, our first stop was the restaurant, called “?” Kafana, which was listed in our guide book. Kafana means a traditional pub. Originally, it was…

Belgrade

To Belgrade

[ May, 2018 ] We went to Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. For me it was the first time, but my husband went there in 1980, when it was Yugoslavia. We flew from London…

Abruzzo

Handicrafts in Scanno

[ Apr.2018 ] Scanno, the town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy, is small but they have high quality handicrafts. It is especially famous for the pendant called Presentosa. We also saw some of them…

Abruzzo

To Scanno through the Quiet Lake

[ Apr.2018 ] We left Sulmona in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy and headed for Scanno, the smaller town. We went through a deep valley with a river at the bottom and came out…

Abruzzo

Very Good Lunch and Confetti

[ Apr.2018 ] 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…

Abruzzo

Guido, the Religious Man

[ Apr.2018 ] When we were walking in Corso Ovidio street in Sulmona, a town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy, we saw some pans for making waffles in a shop window. Waffles are…

Abruzzo

Medieval Aqueduct and Easter Procession

[ Apr.2018 ] I continue talking about our visit to Sulmona in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy. We walked up the main street, called Corso Ovidio, from the southern end and found a huge…