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Florence

Literally a room with a view

[Sept. 2021] In Florence, Italy, we stayed at Hotel degli Orafi along the river Arno. It seems to be a well-known hotel, and I just gave the name to the driver of the taxi which…

Milan

Getting on the shiny Italo

[Sept. 2021] In Italy this time, we took a private high-speed train, Italo. This was the first time for us since the spring of 2013. Italo opened in 2012, so it was still new at…

Margate

Only this is worth a visit-Shell Grotto in Margate

[July 2021] Margate, a seaside town in the southeastern part of England, was generally not our sort of place, but there was only one place that we were happy to have visited. It’s Shell Grotto….

Margate

Turner Contemporary that spoiled the landscape

[July 2021] From the train station of Margate, a seaside town in southeastern England, look to the right and you will see a unrefined white square warehouse further away beyond the old townscape. I told…

Margate

Not bad English wine, etc.

[July 2021] The restaurant we booked in Margate, a seaside town in southeastern England, was named Buoy and Oyster. We were guided to a seat by the window indoors, from which we could see the…

Margate

It was not a successful trip to Margate

[July 2021] We knew that this Sunday would be a hot and sunny, so we wanted to go to somewhere seaside and chose Margate in southeastern England, which we had never been to before. We…