Portugal

Slopes in Coimbra

The old part of Coimbra in Portugal is on the hill next to Mondego river. It is the third largest city in the country after Lisbon and Oporto. Coimbra is famous as…

Portugal

Portuguese people like cakes

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…

Portugal

From Oporto to Coimbra

Our destination this time were Coimbra and Monsanto in Portugal.We flew to Oporto and went from the airport to the train station called Campanha by 'Metro'.At the Metro station in the airport,…

Italy

Wonderful restaurant

We went to a wonderful restaurant in Italy. It is called Camp di Cent Pertigh and situated outside of the town called Carate Brianza which is about 30 km north of Milan….

Italy

We tried Eataly

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…

England

A play at a small theatre

I went to see a play at a small theatre called Southwark Playhouse in London. I had not seen a play for a long time. The title was “Who Do We Think…

England

Skyscrapers in London

On one sunny Sunday, we had a walk around the City of London. As it was a weekend, there were not many people and those new skyscrapers were noticeable. The front of…

Umbria

Food market

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…

Italy

The town whose name is gravestone

The name of Sansepolcro, a town in Tuscany in Italy, where we stayed one night means ‘holy gravestone’. That is because this town was founded around 1000AD by two pilgrims who brought…