Paris
Regional cuisine of the Aveyron

Regional cuisine of the Aveyron

The first restaurant we went to in the Bercy district of Paris, France, where we stayed, was L’Auberge Aveyronnaise. My husband found and booked this restaurant online before the trip. It serves cuisine...

Paris

The district of Bercy

We easily arrived at Cour St-Emilion station, the nearest metro station to our reserved hotel, via Metro Line 14 from Orly Airport in Paris, France. It was smoother than we expected; we arrived…

Paris

The problem in Paris this time

Almost every trip to Paris, France, presents some kind of problem. Trains are convenient for travelling from Milan to Paris. However, in early May, the Gare de Lyon, the Paris train station, was…

Lombardy

The nature of Colico and a simple restaurant

For lunch that day, we had a reservation at Trattoria Posallo, a restaurant on the outskirts of Colico, a town at the northern end of Lake Como in northern Italy. As usual, my…

Croatia

Sunset from the bell tower

We went up to the top of the bell tower of Cathedral of St.Anastasia in Zadar, Croatia in the evening. It was just in time to see the beautiful sunset, but…

Japan

Japan, old and new

In Tokyo there are a lot of contrasts. In this photo you can see a child and behind him a traditional house and some skyscrapers. I like this photo, because it shows Japanese…

Chile

Very colourful

We took another ‘lift’ this time to go up to the Concepcion Hill in Valparaiso in Chile. Here I found a colourful light-hearted atmosphere which I had read in the guide book….

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Miranda Friends

The small town of Kotohira

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. The first stop of my travel in Kagawa prefecture in Japan was Kotohira city. During day time this city is very busy because it is located on...
shopping
Shopping

two hours’ free time in Uglich

Our tour in Uglich in Russia finished in the Kremlin and we had some free time. On the spot where our group dissolved, there were photo service huts that let you wear...
food
Food

Beer country

Poland is a beer country. It was memorable that when I ordered beer instead of wine at a restaurant, the waiter bobbed his head in approval with a big smile in Krakow in...
hotels
Food

Seafood and whisky

We had dinner on the Isle of Barra in the Hebrides of Scotland at the hotel we stayed at. The hotel is Castlebay Hotel in Castlebay, the only town-like town on the island....
food
Restaurants

Meal and folk dance

On the third night in Dubrovnik, Croatia, we made a reservation at a restaurant called Dubravka. My husband looked it up online and it was a restaurant with a good reputation. It...
food
Food

Urchin salad

This is the photo of urchin salad.It was just sea urchins.I love sea urchin, so it was a feast for me.I ate this at a restaurant called Allou Gialou on the Kini...
transports
Transports

taking a boat in Oslo

Coming back from the walking tour on the river where they redeveloped well to the port area in Oslo, Norway, we found that this area has been redeveloped as well and...