Moret-sur-Loing
A beautiful town of history and art

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,...

Paris

That evening’s walk

After enjoying a delicious lunch in the Bercy district of Paris, France, we finally checked into our hotel. This time, we stayed at the Ibis, a chain hotel. As I mentioned before, the…

Paris

Regional cuisine of the Aveyron

The first restaurant we went to in the Bercy district of Paris, France, where we stayed, was L’Auberge Aveyronnaise. My husband found and booked this restaurant online before the trip. It serves cuisine…

Paris

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…

The Netherlands

About the guide of the tour

This is a picture of the clog factory outside of Amsterdam, where we went with the tour. The guide of the tour was a fairly old, big woman with a lot of make-up,…

Cyprus

Snails

On the way back from the centre of the town to the hotel in Paphos in Cyprus, we took the wrong bus and ended up walking up a long slope. What we…

Oslo

The walking tour along the river in Oslo

One of the benefits of Oslo Pass we bought in Oslo, Norway was that we could join the walking tours free of charge. We joined ‘the river walk’ started at 2…

miranda-friends
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...
shopping
Shopping

one day in Isfahan (part 2)

In Isfahan, the ancient capital in Iran, we walked towards Vank Church from our hotel after lunch. On the way, we came across a carpet shop. I popped in just to see...
airlines
Airlines

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...
food
Food

Dish called Samgyetang

What I knew about Korean foods were only Kimuchi, Barbeque and a few others, but this time in Busan I ate something called Samgyetang, which is my sister’s favourite. Basically, this is a...
hotels
Hotels

The Lakeside Hotel and Katakuri (Asian fawnlily)

We stayed in a Ryokan, a Japanese style hotel, called “Katakuri no Hana (Asian fawnlily flowers) on the lakeside of Lake Tazawa in Akita prefecture, Japan. The exterior was not special, but...
food
Restaurants

Fado, unexpectedly

In the evening when we came back from Monsanto village to Coimbra in Portugal, we went to a restaurant called A Conzinha da Maria. Does it mean ‘Maria’s kitchen’ perhaps? We just...
food
Food

How to taste wine

During our boat tour, going down the Garonne river in France, after listening to the explanation on Bordeaux wine, we had the tasting. We tried ...