[ May, 2015 ] During the bank holiday weekend in early May, we visited our friends’ second house in Dartmoor in Devon in the southwest of England. I have not been to the countryside in…

[ Apr.2015 ] Our friends who took us to the antique market in London in England introduced us to an unusual interesting pub, too. All the walls and even ceilings were full of items related to…

[ Apr.2015 ] Our friends took us to an indoor antique market in London. It is called Alfie Antique Market. Mr. Bennie Gray opened this in 1976 and about 100 antique dealers are trading here….

[ 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…

[ 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…

[ 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…

[ 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…

[ 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…

[ 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…