To Fourvière Hill
On our second day in Lyon, France, we climbed Fourvière Hill after lunch. There’s a funicular, so we decided to use that. The 72-hour metro ticket we bought on the first day was…
Lyon
In search of a bouchon
On our second day in Lyon, France, we decided to dine at a bouchon. A bouchon is a restaurant with a down-to-earth atmosphere that serves local cuisine. It’s apparently unique to Lyon. I…
Eyeball Art
While walking through the old town of Lyon, France, a shop caught my eye. At first, I didn’t know what it was, so we just walked past, thinking maybe they sold natural stones….
Rainy Higashi Chaya District
When we visited Kanazawa, a Japanese old town, unfortunately, meteorological “bomb” was attacking the area, so we got completely soaked. This is a picture taken when the rain was not too bad. The wet…
Three Crows
This is a ravioli dish I had in a restaurant facing the port in Genoa. Inside is sea-bass and the sauce was made of crab. Excellent! The name of the restaurant is Tre…
Be careful
To get to the famous Big Ben in London, the nearest tube station is Westminster. Therefore, around the staircase from the station up to the Big Ben there are full of tourists and…
Moscow-USSR-2
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we started our stay, they gave us our group itinerary, which included our free days to do whatever we wanted. But we were allowed to move around only...
A big impulse shopping
After enjoying the museum in Chiprovtsi, a carpet-weaving town in northwestern Bulgaria, we returned to our hotel. I wanted to buy a kilim woven by the owner of the inn, Ilya’s mother, as...
Qantas Airlines
Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest domestic and international airline. Registered originally as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited (QANTAS), Qantas is widely regarded as...
Bliss
Eating wonderful foods at a beautiful place is bliss. Here in Langhe in Piedmont, Italy we experienced again. It was at a small restaurant in Castello di Grinzane. 5 starters, 2 mains and...
Bansko in Bulgaria
With the Ancient Macedonia tour, we came back to Bulgaria and stayed one night in Bansko. This town is developing as a ski resort. The renovated old houses are used as restaurants and...
The beginning of our ‘workation’ in Edinburgh
We came to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Both of us have completed the second Covid vaccination and are now active. Going abroad is still restricted, so we decided to start in the...
cutting the hanging monkfish
On the second night of our short family trip to Ibaraki prefecture in Japan, we stayed in the Oarai Hotel facing the Oarai Beach. According to the website of this hotel, they have 12 different...
Cyclo
When we were walking along the river in Da Nang in Vietnam, the drivers of Cyclo started talking to us. Cyclo is a cycle rickshaw and the name came from the French...
