Monsanto

Bread salad

[ Nov.2014 ] This is a photo of the Bread Salad we ate in Monsanto in Portugal. It was very different from Italian Panzanella which is a salad dish with bread in it. This one…

Entroncamento

Excellent Egg Tart

[ Nov.2014 ] This is a photo of the egg tarts I ate at a cafe in Entroncamento station in Portugal. We left very early on the day and missed breakfast, so I ate this…

Portugal

The restaurant with good piglet meal

[ Nov.2014 ] On the first night, we wanted to go to the restaurant listed in our guide book, but that one was fully booked.A woman there pointed ” That one is good” and it…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Italy

We arrived at night

[ Oct.2014 ] We visited a small part of Tuscany with a couple of our friends this autumn. The first destination was Arezzo. When we finally arrived, it was already dark. This is the main…

Italy

Speck Festival

[ Oct.2014 ] Our main purpose of our trip to South Tyrol was this Speck Festival.This is held every October in Santa Maddalena, about one hour drive from the village we stayed one night. Speck…