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…
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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…
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…
My experience of riding dog sledge
From Inari, we went to Ivalo, which is a little bigger town with an airport to ride the dog sledge. I was astonished when I was told ‘You drive’ by a man who…
Suddenly, pigs appeared!
I went into the inland in mountains again, and one point, the view was so beautiful that I got out of the car and started taking photos.Then I noticed some sounds and looked…
Potato festival in rain
Keszthely — very difficult to pronounce — is a major town in the south end of Lake Balaton. The weather was awful, but they were trying enjoying their potato festival. We joined and…
The beautiful town of Akashi
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. On the second day in Osaka, after breakfast, we met a Japanese friend who lives here. His name is Mr. Okazawa and he became our guide. We...
Sandals of Sparta
This is a photo of the sandals I bought in Mykonos. Apparently the Spartan people were wearing them in the 8th century BC. I bought these from a man who designed them...
At an Enoteca
It continued raining even after we arrived in Alghero in Sardinia in Italy and it was really pouring when we got off the bus from Bosa. First, we had to find...
Huge ryokan
On the second day of our family holiday in Noto Peninsula in Japan, we stayed in a huge ryokan called Notoraku in Wakura Onsen. They had even a bridge and a waterfall...
the very good lunch and Musee d’Orsay in Paris
After visiting Catacombs in Paris, it was the time for lunch. My husband searched a restaurant online, but said that most of them in this area did not open for lunch. At...
High Heels
They look quite real, aren't they? They are all cakes.I found this in La Rinascente department store just next to Duomo in Milan.
the street food market at night and the starry sky tour in Turpan
We decided to join the Starry Sky Tour run by the driver of the donkey carriage which we had taken when we were looking for a hotel in Turpan in China. It...
