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Portugal

Portuguese people like cakes

[ Nov.2014 ] The timing was not very good for eating when we arrived in Coimbra in Portugal.The hotel receptionist told us “No, nothing is open at this time, excepet that one”.So we went in…

Portugal

From Oporto to Coimbra

[ Nov.2014 ] Our destination this time were Coimbra and Monsanto in Portugal.We flew to Oporto and went from the airport to the train station called Campanha by 'Metro'.At the Metro station in the airport,…

Italy

Wonderful restaurant

[ Nov.2014 ] We went to a wonderful restaurant in Italy. It is called Camp di Cent Pertigh and situated outside of the town called Carate Brianza which is about 30 km north of Milan….

Italy

We tried Eataly

[ Nov.2014 ] 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…

England

A play at a small theatre

[ Nov.2014 ] I went to see a play at a small theatre called Southwark Playhouse in London. I had not seen a play for a long time. The title was “Who Do We Think…

England

Skyscrapers in London

[ Nov.2014 ] On one sunny Sunday, we had a walk around the City of London. As it was a weekend, there were not many people and those new skyscrapers were noticeable. The front of…

Umbria

Food market

[ Nov.2014 ] The last place we visited in our Tuscany trip was Citta di Castello in Umbria. We went there because we had heard it is a beautiful place, but when we went into…

Italy

The town whose name is gravestone

[ Nov.2014 ] The name of Sansepolcro, a town in Tuscany in Italy, where we stayed one night means ‘holy gravestone’. That is because this town was founded around 1000AD by two pilgrims who brought…

Tuscany

Ate too much

[ Nov.2014 ] We went to a restaurant called Taverna Toscana in Sansepolcro in Italy, which was recommended by the hotel manager. This is a butcher as well and they say that if you want…