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…
Lyon
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….
See the tranquil church and head to the old town
Near the hotel we stayed at in Lyon, France, we came across a folkloric-looking building with a simple red pattern on its exterior walls. I thought it was probably a monastery, but we…
Restaurant with pastel colours
In Parma, I went to a restaurant called Gatta Matta (meaning 'Crazy She-cat'), where I could not go in last time because it was full.This restaurant is not typical Italian restaurants which has…
The walls of bones are also in Milan
We often go to Milan in Italy, but I did not know that there were the walls made of bones here, too until recently. I saw a photo on a social media…
Cicchetti specialty and restaurant
While we were enjoying our walk at night in Venice, we went down a small side road and found a little restaurant specialized in Cicchetti. On that day, we had had a big lunch, so…
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...
Incidentally, Florence
After a trip to not well known towns in the Tuscany region of Italy, we returned to Florence. Our booked Freccia Rossa from Florence was just before 7pm, and we had a few...
Finnair
Finnair Plc is the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland with its headquarters in Vantaa and its main hub at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. According to company’s official web site, Finnair is one of world’s oldest...
Famous for “champagne”
We moved from Sevastopol to Balaklava and had a very good seafood lunch. This time, we had a sparkling wine, which was a little sweet and was called “Champagne”. Yalta in...
revisit Buenos Aires
We decided to spend our Easter Holiday in Buenos Aires in Argentina. We have been there before, about two years ago, but that was a part of the grand tour visiting three...
Interesting and Eerie Pub
On the way back from Dartmoor, in the southwest of England, we stopped at a village called Colnbrook, near Heathrow Airport, before going back to London. We had lunch in a ...
Tasty things
This is a dessert we had in Yalta. There is some cherry inside the skin and you dip into the honey sauce. They called it Variniki. Other thing I ate and...
Take a nostalgic train from a faded station
During our stay in Lisbon, Portugal, we made an excursion to Evora in the Alentejo region. A few years ago, we travelled only to the Alentejo region and went to Evora, too, but...
