Paris
The district of Bercy

The district of Bercy

We easily arrived at Cour St-Emilion station, the nearest metro station to our reserved hotel, via Metro Line 14 from Orly Airport in Paris, France. It was smoother than we expected; we arrived...

Paris

The problem in Paris this time

Almost every trip to Paris, France, presents some kind of problem. Trains are convenient for travelling from Milan to Paris. However, in early May, the Gare de Lyon, the Paris train station, was…

Lombardy

The nature of Colico and a simple restaurant

For lunch that day, we had a reservation at Trattoria Posallo, a restaurant on the outskirts of Colico, a town at the northern end of Lake Como in northern Italy. As usual, my…

Marrakesh

And so the journey comes to an end

Our year-end trip to Morocco has finally come to an end. By the time we returned to Marrakesh from our excursion to Essaouira, it was already getting dark, and we were caught in traffic that…

Apulia

The hotel which used to be a powder magazine

The old town of Monopoli, south Italy is surrounded by the wall with a lot of cannons on top of it.I stayed a hotel just inside the wall called Hotel Don Ferrante.It opened…

Fukuoka

Pleasant hotel

Unfortunately we had to give up continuing our family holiday in Kyushu in Japan. Because of that, we had to stay one night in Fukuoka. We chose “Hotel Active!” which was popular…

England

The path which used to be a railway

The main path we took on the day we had a walk in London was the one which used to be a railway. It is called Parkland Walk now, but it…

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Miranda Friends

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...
food
Food

Coca tea for the first time in my life

We drank Coca tea for the first time in our life on the hill of Monserrate in Bogota. Coca, as you know is the leaf which could be processed to make cocaine. Monserrate is the...
hotels
Hotels

Rather flashy hotel in Granada

The first hotel I stayed in Granada was called Alhambra Palace.It is near the Alhambra itself and the view from the hotel was excellent.The service was good, too.But…Well, some people may love it,...
food
Food

Moravian cuisine and fireworks

We went to Moravia region in Czech Republic around the time of Spring Bank Holiday in late May. The capital city, Prague is in Bohemia region and Moravia is the eastern...
food
Food

Excellent Egg Tart

This is a photo of the egg tarts I ate at a cafe in Entroncamento station in Portugal. We left very early on the day and missed breakfast, so I ate this...
transports
Transports

used the underground train to go shopping

It was Sunday on the third day of our stay in Buenos Aires in Argentina. For me, it was the shopping day I was looking forward to. Although many of the ordinary...