Paris
Romeo and Juliet at the Bastille

Romeo and Juliet at the Bastille

After spending a night at a friends’ house in Fontainebleau, France, our friend and her husband joined us in Paris. After meeting up with mutual friends—a couple living in Paris and another in...

Moret-sur-Loing

After eating galettes, we went to the palace

In Moret-sur-Loing, France, we had lunch at a crepe shop by the river. The restaurant was called La Poterne. Apparently, there are roughly two types of crepes: sweet ones are called crepes, and…

Moret-sur-Loing

A beautiful town of history and art

On the second day of our short trip to France, we went to Fontainebleau, where our friends live. Normally, you can go directly from Lyon station in Paris, but due to station construction,…

Paris

That evening’s walk

After enjoying a delicious lunch in the Bercy district of Paris, France, we finally checked into our hotel. This time, we stayed at the Ibis, a chain hotel. As I mentioned before, the…

Rochester

Rochester

We went to a town called Rochester in Kent. It takes only about 45 minutes by express train from London, but this was the first time for us to visit here….

Sintra and vicinity

The way to Sintra

Sintra is considered to be an “absolute place to go” (guidebook) as a day trip destination from Lisbon, Portugal. We visited here in February 2019, when my husband had his leg injured and…

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Miranda Friends

Kabuki show

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in the small town of Kotohira, in Japan, I had the opportunity to see a Kabuki show, thanks to my friend Shogo’s help. This...
shopping
Hotels

Ryokan with Sunset and Murakami Kibori Tsuishu

We stayed at the seaside Ryokan (a Japanese style hotel) called ‘Taikanso Senami no Yu’ in Murakami in the Niigata Prefecture in Japan. According to the information on the internet, the hot spring...
airlines
Airlines

Traveling by Air: Connecting Worlds

We love exploring new destinations and the journey is often as exciting as the arrival. While we are currently updating our archives on airlines and flight experiences, we look forward to sharing more insights on...
food
Food

Brunch

We wanted to have a nice lunch as our last meal in Helsinki on Sunday, and looked for two restaurants listed in the guide book, but both of them were closed. So,...
hotels
Hotels

One night in Tokyo

To enjoy Tokyo thoroughly, you had better have a room in a hotel in the centre of Tokyo.This time, I stayed at Shin-Takanawa Prince Hotel.There are many hotels around here.I used the shuttle...
food
Restaurants

“I told you” restaurant

On the day when we got very hungry after working hard for the Photomarathon in Rome in Italy, we searched on the internet for a good restaurant serving the great foods...
food
Food

The local dish

Idar-Oberstein in Germany is famous not only for its gem stones, but also for its local dish called Spiessbraten.They cook pork which was marinated for 24 hours at the open fire with firewood...
transports
Transports

Boat trip to Greenwich

During our stay in London, we felt we should do some sightseeing so went to a pier on the River Thames. We remembered that we once enjoyed the boat trip to Hampton Court,...