Edinburgh
Five years have passed since then

Five years have passed since then

We went to Edinburgh, Scotland for the first time in five years. Our previous trip was a month-long stay, but this time it was just a short four-night trip. It was my husband’s...

Paris

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…

Moret-sur-Loing

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…

Moret-sur-Loing

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,…

France

Listen to Mass in Basilique du Sacré-Cœur

We went into Basilique du Sacré-Cœur at Monmartre in Paris. Because it was Sunday, they were having a Mass in there, but it is one of the most famous sights in Paris, they did…

Greece

Volcano island

 The first destination of the Santorini sight-seeing boat was the island of Nea Kameni. This one is a relatively new island formed by an eruption of the submarine volcano in 1711.It is full of…

Veneto

Night walk and hotel

We stayed at the Duomo Hotel in Chioggia, Veneto, Italy. It is called a boutique hotel, but it doesn’t feel like one at all. The main hotel is far away, and the reception…

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

Emerald in Bogotà

Some days before we left for Colombia, I was at an antique complex in London and a vendor told me “This emerald is from Colombia. The emeralds of Colombia is the best in the world“....
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

The market which sells snails

This is a box of snails I saw in Catania, the second biggest city in Sicily, south Italy. They are all alive and wiggle continuously. In this market, mainly sea-foods were sold, but...
hotels
Hotels

To Extremadura though Madrid

We went to Spain again, and this time to spent the year-end and New Year holidays. The destination is Extremadura, which is close to the border with Portugal. We chose here, because we...
food
Restaurants

At the end of the journey, we had cod

In Vicenza in Veneto, north Italy, we went to a cod specialised restaurant called Il Bistrot del Bacala. Bacala is the dried cod and the cod dishes are ...
food
Food

Local restaurant in Otranto

In the second evening in Otranto, southern Italy, we went to a restaurant with genuine local atomosphere.Again, the mixed starter was special, like Carpaccio of swordfish and some sort of octopus fritters.I...