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Italy

Restaurant with the Feeling of Old Tavern

[ Apr.2015 ] We went to a restaurant called La Mescita, in Carate, a town in northern Italy which is about 25km from Milan. The interior was arranged in the image of an old Milanese tavern…

Italy

Restaurant Which Looks Like Grandma’s House

[ Apr.2015 ] I want to introduce an interesting restaurant we went to in Milan. The name is Aromando Bistrot. One step in, you are in the world of 1950-60s. It is not exactly that…

England

The Best Bagel Shop in the Town

[ Apr.2015 ] On the day we walked around Shoreditch in East London, one of my friends said “We came all the way here, we should go and get Bagels”. According to her, the bagels…

England

Walk Around Shoreditch

[ Apr.2015 ] There is an area called Shoreditch in East London. It used to be a shabby poor area and there used to be cheap leather shops here and there until about 20 years…

Cyprus

You Can Get Used to Being Anywhere

[ Apr.2015 ] Now it is the last day of our stay in Paphos in Cyprus. When we had trouble at the beginning of the holiday, I felt perplexed and wondered if we could stay…

Cyprus

The Last Lunch and 300,000 Euros

[ Apr.2015 ] After visiting the ruins in Paphos in Cyprus, it was the lunch time. There were many seafood restaurants along the sea front and all of them were touting for business. There was…

Cyprus

Mosaics in Paphos

[ Apr.2015 ] The highlight of Paphos in Cyprus is the Archaeological Park. Most of all, the Roman Mosaics are worth seeing. We could see the beautiful floor mosaics, which were showing ancient mythological episodes….

Cyprus

Wall

[ Apr.2015 ] The last place we visited in the tour to Northern Cyprus was the wall in Famagusta. The wall at the end of the row of houses in this photo is the one….

Cyprus

Mosque Which Looks Like a Church

[ Apr.2015 ] We visited Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, inside the wall in Famagusta in Cyprus. I could not believe it was a mosque as the building was nothing but a Gothic church. I have…