Summer holiday means swimming in the sea

[Aug. 2023] On our third day in Nafplio, a historic town on the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece, we went swimming in the sea. Swimming in the sea is an essential…

The magnificent view of the Dunnotair Castle

…was found guilty of treason in 1715 because he was a Jacobite, and the castle was sold to a mining company. Apparently, George Keith himself fled to the European continent,…

Shopping in Asakusa

[ Aug.2014 ] Shopping in Asakusa in Tokyo is exciting. At a glance, the shops there do not look sophisticated, but if you search them, you will make a lucky…

The restaurant of Aphrodite

…tried to search a restaurant on the internet, but the connection was too bad for that. So we decided to ask the staff at this cafe to recommend any restaurants….

Overnight in Parma

…had not made a hotel reservation, but we successfully settled down in a hotel called Stendhal, which we randomly entered. It was a comfortable 4-star hotel with an old-fashioned décor….

“Livable” Airbnb this time

…“non-livable” Airbnb. After staying at comfortable Airbnb in Alghero and in Edinburgh, the remaining 3 Airbnbs we recently stayed in were only beautiful to look at, but actually inconvenient to…

The last dinner on this holiday

…down our luggage, we went out for a walk around town in search of a restaurant that my husband found on the internet, as usual. As we walked around, we…