[July, 2022] I have an almost obsessive notion that I must not waste a sunny weekend during summer and have to go somewhere, so this Sunday we went to Rye, a town in the south…

[July 2022] On a hot Sunday in July, we went to the famous British Museum in London. Having lived in London for decades, the reason why we went there on this day was because I…

This is a rare post by my husband. [May 2022] This year I decided to join a Japanese photography club in London which my wife has been part of since it was founded, I am…

[April 2022] When we were staying in Milan, Italy, we had some spare time on Sunday, so we went on an excursion to Pavia, which is about an hour south of Milan by car. It’s…

[April 2022] La Vecchia Lira in Milan, Italy is one of our favourite Tuscan restaurants. It’s been a long time since we’ve been there due to the Covid-19 crisis. Moreover, I think it was the…

[April 2022] We stayed at the Residence Boutique Hotel in Sofia, the capital city, for the last night of our one-week trip to Bulgaria. In Sofia, we had stayed at a business hotel in front…

[April 2022] After enjoying the museum in Chiprovtsi, a carpet-weaving town in northwestern Bulgaria, we returned to our hotel. I wanted to buy a kilim woven by the owner of the inn, Ilya’s mother, as…

[April 2022] On the second day in Chiprovtsi, a town in the north western part of Bulgaria, breakfast at the guest house Torlacite Kashta included saffron tea grown by the owner, Ilya. I knew it…