Belgrade

“Silicon Valley” in Belgrade

In Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia, there is a place called “Silicon Valley”. However, this Silicone Valley in Belgrade is nothing to do with high technology. During our walking tour, this story about the…

Belgrade

Walk in the Old Town of Belgrade

There are free walking tours in Belgrade in Serbia, too. When we looked at the website, it said it would start at 11am, but in fact, it started at 10:30. The…

Belgrade

To Belgrade

We went to Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. For me it was the first time, but my husband went there in 1980, when it was Yugoslavia. We flew from London…

Abruzzo

Handicrafts in Scanno

Scanno, the town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy, is small but they have high quality handicrafts. It is especially famous for the pendant called Presentosa. We also saw some of them…

Abruzzo

To Scanno through the Quiet Lake

We left Sulmona in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy and headed for Scanno, the smaller town. We went through a deep valley with a river at the bottom and came out…

Abruzzo

Very Good Lunch and Confetti

Now it was lunch time in Sulmona, a town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy. Our guide, Guido, took us to a restaurant called Il Vecchio Muro, which he had been…