[ Dec.2014 ] Until some years ago, the X’mas jumpers were one of the most embarrassing items. But last few years, jumpers with big Santa Claus, reindeer or snow flakes has been very popular. Apparently,…

[ Nov.2014 ] The old part of Coimbra in Portugal is on the hill next to Mondego river. It is the third largest city in the country after Lisbon and Oporto. Coimbra is famous as…

[ 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…

[ 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,…

[ 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….

[ 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…

[ 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…

[ 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…

[ 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…