Lyon
Eyeball Art

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....

Lyon

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….

Lisbon

Various things in Lisbon

We returned to Lisbon’s Rossio station from Sintra, Portugal, and then took a taxi to the Parliament building near our home (Airbnb). From here, we walked to Naco, a delicatessen shop that we…

Capri

We did not plan to go, but..

It was a nice day for New Year’s in Sorrento, southern Italy. So, although we hadn’t planned on going to Capri, we went. It may seem disrespectful to Capri, which is ranked 14th…

Cyprus

Quiet Tourist Destination

According to our guide book, the town of Polis, situated near the west end of Cyprus, seemed like a fairly large tourist town. But when we went there, we found it a…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Moscow-USSR-2

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we started our stay, they gave us our group itinerary, which included our free days to do whatever we wanted. But we were allowed to move around only...
shopping
Shopping

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...
airlines
Airlines

Lufthansa Airlines

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (or simply Lufthansa) is the flag carrier of Germany and one of the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried and fleet size. Lufthansa was founded in 1926 in Berlin (the name was...
food
Food

Giros

We looked for a restaurant recommended in our guide book for dinner in Thessaloniki in Greece. But it was not there and a woman at kiosk told us it was closed down. I suppose...
hotels
Hotels

The historic hotel and old Havana

This is a continuation of our trip to Cuba. The next day, we left Varadero’s unrealistic blue sea and moved to Havana, where we had started our journey. The taxi driver who came...
food
Restaurants

Lunch and Decorative Plate

The last thing in our Amalfi Coast tour in southern Italy was late lunch. The guide took us to a restaurant called Calajanara in Conca dei Marini where there is an “Emerald...
food
Food

Delicious Chicken Tabaka

On the fourth day of our summer holiday in Georgia, we stayed for one night in Kutaisi, the third largest city in this country. From Gori to Kutaisi, it took about...
transports
Transports

Yellow in Milan

It started in Paris in 2007 and now all over the place. This rental bicycle service started in December 2008 in Milan. The bicycles are yellow in Milan, very Italian. In Paris they are...