Syracuse

Ice cream for breakfast?

[ Aug.2022 ] In the morning in Syracuse in the southeastern part of Sicily, Italy, we went out for an Italian breakfast, croissants and cappuccino. The Airbnb where we stayed was in the new town,…

Melnik

About the wine here

[April 2022] Melnik, a village in the southwest of Bulgaria, has long been known as a wine-producing region. Many of the traditional houses in the village have wine cellars, and Hotel Slavova Krepost, where we…

Bachkovo Monastery

About simple lunch and waiting for the bus

[Apr. 2022] After visiting Bachkovo Monastery in Bulgaria, we had a light lunch at one of the cafeterias along the approach. The name is Bistro Abdera. The reason I chose this one among the cafeterias…

Oporto

Fascinating port wine

[Jan. 2022] During our stay in Oporto, a town in northern Portugal, we went for a walk after it got dark a few times. Mostly to the bustling areas along the Douro River. The famous…

Sintra and vicinity

Revisiting the cake shop in Sintra

[Dec. 2021] We came down into the town from the Pena Palace on the outskirts of Sintra, Portugal. After all, we were hungry, so we didn’t look for anything and went straight to a bakery…

Seville

Choose tapas bars carefully

[Nov. 2021] There are many tapas bars in Seville, the capital of the Andalusian region of Spain. According to the guidebook, Seville is the birthplace of tapas, and there are as many as 3,000 tapas…

Carmona

About the breakfast in Carmona

[Nov. 2021] For this trip to Andalusia in Spain, none of the hotels had the breakfast included. We chose that way because Croissants and cappuccino are enough in the morning. For our first breakfast in…