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…
Edinburgh
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…
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,…
Take a tour in Ediburgh’s graveyard
The next day of our stay in Edinburgh, Scotland, we took a graveyard tour at night. The name of the tour company which runs this walking tour was “City of the Dead”, and…
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…
Both horse meat and wine were good choice
Parma, Italy, is a treasure trove of food. Of the many good restaurants, my husband chose Trattoria Corrieri. Our relatives who live in Parma also gave it their stamp of approval. When we…
Moscow-USSR-4
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. There were some small things that impressed me in Moscow, because things were different from the west: One of these was that the newspapers were basically free and a...
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...
Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi
Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
Representative of Sicilian sweet
The Lipari island is about one hour from the main Sicily by hovercraft.So the sweets there are mainly Sicilian.I had this Cannolo in a small wine shop/restaurant called Essepiu' Enoteche.I looked up and...
The hotel in Paraty
When we arrived in Paraty in Brazil, it was already dark. We went straight to the hotel. During this tour, we stayed in many hotels and generally, they did not have any...
after seeing the Etruscan Arch, lunch time
We walked from Piazza IV Novembre towards Etruscan Arch in Perugia in Umbria, Italy. Walking west from the Cathedral of San Lorenzo into Via Battisti, we came out to the point where...
A fishing village
This is a fishing village called Portmagee in Ireland.During the bus tour, the guide emphasised that they serve the best seafood in the country, so my expectation had swollen.But, the restaurant he recommended...
Meals and sudden disasters
On the day we toured Glasgow, Scotland, our main meal was steak at a chain restaurant called Brown’s. Beef is one of Scotland’s specialties, isn’t it. When we chose this restaurant, we didn’t...
