Mural and trouble
Lyon, France, is home to many murals. It’s fun to wander around and look at them. After lunch, we still had some time before our return train, so we walked around a bit…
Lombardy
This is a real bouchon
For our last day in Lyon, France, we made a reservation at La Meuniere, which was at the top of the list of recommended bouchons. It had closed two days prior, so we…
Two churches
On our final day of a short trip to Lyon, France, the sky was a deep blue, a stark contrast to the previous day. First, we went to see the cathedral in the…
Andersen Museum
Odense in Denmark is the town where Andersen was born and there is a good museum about him there. The first thing I noticed was that in the Japanese leaflet given there, there is…
The meal in the train
The journey by Glacier Express took 8 hours and of course we get hungry.So, soon after we got on, the staff came around to ask our order for lunch.They bring the foods to…
Wonderful Verezzi
The second day of my visit to Liguria, Italy was a very nice fine day.Roberto, the taxi driver took me to a town called Verezzi, which is a part of Borgio Verezzi.Verezzi is consist…
Meditate in a Zen garden
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in Kansai area I had the opportunity to visit the temple Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, which has one of the most important Zen gardens in...
Eye of Naxos
This is a photo of ” Eye of Naxos “. The tour guide had a pendant and earrings and they were on my mind during the tour. They were sold a...
Air China
According to company’s official web site, Air China Limited (“Air China”) and its predecessor, the former Air China, were founded in 1988. According to the “Civil Aviation System Reform Program” which was approved and passed...
Boiled eggs at Owakudani
Taking the rope-way, we went to Owakudani, where smoke from Hakone volcano was coming out. Here you can eat black boiled eggs. The taste is the same as white ones, though. They sell...
To Freiburg
From Heidelberg to Friburg in Germany, it took less than 2 hours by train, changing once at Manheim.Friburg is a nice lively town with ditches with clean looking water all over the town....
Middle aged women who are scary but very functional
For the first lunch in Munich in Germany we went to a beer restaurant called Weisses Breuhaus recommended in my guidebook. It is a typical large German beer house. We did not know...
Restaurant called Fish Market
I found another excellent restaurant in Milan and want to tell you about it.The name is Mercato del Pesce (Fish Market) and they sell actual seafood outside the restaurant area.It is...
The town with no taxies
There are no taxis in Osuna, a town in Andalusia, Spain. We took it for granted that we would go to the hotel to pick up our luggage and take a taxi to...
