Edinburgh
Five years have passed since then

Five years have passed since then

We went to Edinburgh, Scotland for the first time in five years. Our previous trip was a month-long stay, but this time it was just a short four-night trip. It was my husband’s...

Paris

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,…

England

Exhibition

We went to Northern England where our friends have their second house. We have been there many times, but this time, our purpose was to see an exhibition. It is held in a place called Rheged Centre, which is in Penrith in Cumbria which is famous for the Lake District.

Dubrovnik

The second Ragusa this month

On the second day in Dubrovnik, Croatia, we participated in a walking tour. The fee was 130 kuna per person (about €17). The female guide was mainly talking about history, but she was…

Chile

Fish market

The next destination of our tour of Santiago, Chile, was the indoor fish market called Mercado Central. As soon as we went in, some of the waiters of the small canteens called us….

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Eat Italian food in Tokyo

This is my friend, Bangly's posting. Usually when I travel I like to be totally absorbed in local customs, so I eat only local foods because foods are one of the forms of...
shopping
Shopping

Eggs in Ukraine

 One of the Ukrainian traditional crafts is to put patterns on eggs. These ones were displayed within Kiev Pechersk Lavra, but we saw many in a craft market in the town. Each one is...
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

Countless crabs

These are the crabs sold in Gijang Market in Busan. Here there are lots of tanks with numerous crabs being kept alive. Only a few days ago, we were in Kanazawa in Japan...
hotels
Hotels

The Lakeside Hotel and Katakuri (Asian fawnlily)

We stayed in a Ryokan, a Japanese style hotel, called “Katakuri no Hana (Asian fawnlily flowers) on the lakeside of Lake Tazawa in Akita prefecture, Japan. The exterior was not special, but...
food
Restaurants

Finally ate pizza

One of the days during our stay type summer holiday in Syracuse, Sicily, we went out to eat pizza in the evening after finishing our work. The other day, we went to a...
food
Food

Dish called Samgyetang

What I knew about Korean foods were only Kimuchi, Barbeque and a few others, but this time in Busan I ate something called Samgyetang, which is my sister’s favourite. Basically, this is a...
transports
Transports

This is the notorious cruise ship

When you are absorbed the beauty of sea view with gondolas in Venice, the elephantine cruise ship comes into your sight.These ships are the subject of the main dispute in Venice.I do not know...