Greece

The life of the guide

 Our guide for the first tour in Santorini was a German woman. But the people who joined the tour were 6 Italians, 2 Russians and me, so she guided in Italian and English….

Greece

Pastoral village

We joined a tour going inland of Santorini, away from Fira which was full of tourists. First, we visited a village called Mesa Gonia where our guide lived in summer. Here we…

Greece

Price of cappuccino

Santorini in Greece is very beautiful, but things are expensive. In Fira, we ordered cappuccino and croissant in a stylish cafe in the morning, and found that a cup of cappuccino cost…

Greece

Volcano festival

The day we arrived in Santorini happened to be the day of their Volcano Festival. Fireworks were displayed from the small volcanic island of Nea kameni situated opposite of the main island….

Greece

An eccentric hotel

In Santorini, we stayed in a hotel called Aroma Suites in Fira town. This is the photo of the room. As you can see here, it is a room like a cellar…

Santorini

Arrive at Santorini

In our summer holiday in Greece, next day after arriving at Mykonos, we left for Santorini. It took about 2 and a half hours by speed boat. I had been worried about…

Greece

Stranded

This summer we had a holiday in a few islands in Greece. First, we landed on Mykonos. Because it was already dark, we planned to take a taxi to the hotel. But…

Italy

Ravioli festival

The last destination of our short trip in the north Italy was Rovetta.We had leaned online that they were holding Bertu Festival on this day (17th August).Bertu is a kind of ravioli…

Lombardy

Vigorous singing

We had a bit of time to get to the last destination, so we popped in to a town called Clusone in the north Italian mountains.The flat land was very quiet as…