It had only two stars
We stayed at Hotel Vaubecour in Lyon, France. As usual, we chose this hotel on Booking.com based on its location, reputation, and price, but when we got there, it only had two stars….
Lyon
Travelling by train to Lyon
We travelled by train from Milan, Italy to Lyon, France‘s second largest city. It was our first time there. I’d heard that Lyon is a city of fine cuisine, so I was excited….
This is our only choice in Clusone
We visited Clusone in Northern Italy for my husband’s Tai Chi event. We had a reservation for lunch at a restaurant called Commercio Mas-Ci’. We had actually visited this restaurant in June and…
Opera in a church
We went to a church to listen to the opera ‘La Boheme’ in Florence.It was performed by four main characters and a pianist.Four of them had really rich voices and we enjoyed…
The town where people live normally
In Ermoupoli in Syros island, ordinary people live normally. There are many islands where the tourists are the leading characters, but not here. This is the capital of Cyclades Islands and the…
Museum
The last place we visited in Cortona in Tuscany, Italy was Etruscan Academy Museum, which was strongly recommended by the kind Carabinieri. But they were holding some special exhibition, and I…
Sakè in Japan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In Italy the word sakè indicates a particular alcoholic drink typical from Japan, but the reality is not exatcly like that. In fact, in Japan the word...
Lapis lazuli
One of the things I was looking forward to in this South America tour was ‘stones’. Chile is the one of the major sources of Lapis Lazuli. This stone has an ultramarine...
United Airlines
United Airlines is one of the most important Airlines in U.S.A. According to company’s official web site, in 1926 United Airline’s first flight of mail was flown by T. Warney from Washington to Nevada. It...
the tuna bowl and sightseeing boat in Misaki
After enjoying Umanose Domon on the Jogashima Island in Miura City in Japan, we walked to Jogashima Lighthouse. There was a path above Umanose Domon and the view from there was picturesque,...
The hotel we stayed
This is not a corridor to changing rooms for a swimming pool, but a corridor of a hotel we stayed in Lisbon. We chose this because it is located right in the centre...
Another nice restaurant
In Alacati in Turkey, we went into a restaurant without any guidance and it was a hit. Mussels, anchovy, octopus salad, seabass…everything was very good. It was my lunch but I ate a...
Crab sake
This is a photo of the crab sake. This was the first time I had it in my life. It was a very good Japanese sake with the subtle flavour of the...
‘lift’
There are many hills in Valparaiso in Chile. There are many ‘lifts’ to go up and down the hills, too. They call them ‘lifts’, but in fact they are funiculars. According to...
