The road to Pérouges
On this day, we travelled from Lyon, France, where we were staying, to the nearby village of Pérouges. I had previously searched for easy day trips from Lyon, and Pérouges was the first…
Pérouges
Nighttime drink
On our second day in Lyon, France, after a long day of walking around, we rested at the hotel and then headed out for an evening drink. While we typically have a main…
To Fourvière Hill
On our second day in Lyon, France, we climbed Fourvière Hill after lunch. There’s a funicular, so we decided to use that. The 72-hour metro ticket we bought on the first day was…
Two Nicolas
In Guardiagrele in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy, there were two historically famous Nicolas. One is Nicola da Guardiagrele who was a goldsmith and a sculptor. His surname means ‘from Guardiagrele’,…
2 Faces in Cordoba
It was a holiday when we arrived in Cordoba. All the shops were closed and the streets were very quiet. Only a few tourists were walking around there. The sky was gray and…
Archimedes and a ship
The historic town of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy, is the hometown of Archimedes, who is known as a mathematician and physicist. When I heard about Archimedes, a sage from ancient Greece, and I…
JR Rail Pass
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. This time the destination of my travel was Japan. I did not have the time to settle myself down in Tokyo in the house of my close...
Gintaro
This is a pendant I bought from a man who had a stall in Basanaviciaus Street in Palanga in Lithuania. He made it himself using the local amber and African wood ....
JAL Japan Airlines
JAL Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) (Nihon Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, in Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and...
gelato and Duomo
I continue talking about our tour in Ragusa, the town in the south of Sicily in Italy. The last stop was in the square in front of Garden Ibleo (Giardini Iblei)...
The hotel and the enoteca in Parma
On that day, we entered Emilia-Romagna from Cremona in Lombardy, Northern Italy, and stayed overnight in Parma. On the way, we stopped off in Fontanellato, where there is a castle called Rocca San...
Restaurant which used to be a palace
For the first dinner in Toledo, Spain, we went to a restaurant called La Abadia, which was recommended by the person in our hotel. We arrived there at around 7:45 pm. The...
Cake in Andalucia
On the way from Granada to Ubeda by bus in Spain, we stopped at a place called Jaen for 20 minutes. We went out to the town and found a small market. Here...
Modern metro
The metro in Madrid was modern compared with ones in London, Milan or Paris.The trains themselves looked relatively new and there are no graffiti like Milan trains and felt brighter than the ones...
