Reviews

  • Il Cortiletto Restaurant-A Fresh Look at Puglian Food

    Lunch at Il Cortiletto in Speziale, Puglia In Italy, Sunday is traditionally a big day for families to go out to eat for lunch. At 1:30pm, the tiny dining room of Il Cortiletto, which has only five or six tables,…

  • Kyoto; Westin Miyako Hotel Review

    Kyoto; Westin Miyako Hotel Review We arrive into Kyoto station on the Shinkansen train from Tokyo and head outside to in search of the hotel’s free shuttle bus which turns out not to be clearly marked. It’s located where all the…

  • Kindle 3 Review-Part 2

    I’ve now had my Kindle for almost four months, taken it on a few trips, and thought I’d report back on my experience and share some new information. If you didn’t read my first post on why the Kindle is one of the best…

  • Tips for Visiting the Ancient Temples of Angkor

    I’ve visited the temples of Angkor on both of my previous trips in 2002 and 2007 and each time spent at least three days seeing as much as possible. This time, I only spent one day revisiting three of the most popular…

  • Kindle 3 Review- Part 1

    I had the pleasure of being able to borrow my mother’s Kindle 2 for our trip to Panama. At first I was sceptical; was this just another electronic device to carry and worry about? What about the romance of the paper…