Paris
That evening’s walk

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…

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…

Spain

Fine Arts Museum in Valencia

We went to the Museo de Ballas Artes (Fine Arts Museum), too in Valencia in Spain. This was founded in 1913 and there are about 2000 works here, mainly of the 14th – 17th…

Lanzhou

Fly to Lanzhou

From Kunming in China, we flew to Lanzhou, the important city in Silk Road along the Yellow River. When I got on the aeroplane of China Northwest Airlines (later merged with China…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

‘Read’ a pasta dish

Talking with a Japanese friend of mine, Koji, who is a wine and food expert, I learned that there is an Italian dish called Napolitan in Japan, which I did not know that existed.
shopping
Shopping

A big impulse shopping

After enjoying the museum in Chiprovtsi, a carpet-weaving town in northwestern Bulgaria, we returned to our hotel. I wanted to buy a kilim woven by the owner of the inn, Ilya’s mother, as...
food
Food

Taste of coconut

We had our last dinner in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,  in our tour leader’s favourite restaurant. It was a bit of a walk from Ipanema beach and I think it was called...
hotels
Hotels

Note the windows

We stayed in Gloucester Bowden Hall #Hotel in #Cotswolds.The room was ordinary as it is one of the Accor chain hotels.The foods were not as special as they pretend to be, which...
food
Restaurants

Overlook Lake Como from a mountain

While staying in Seregno in Lombardy, Italy, we went on an excursion with my husband’s family to the mountains above Lake Como with two cars. It was a mountain called Monte San Primo...
food
Food

Tartina

We tried Tartina in Milan, in Italy, this time. This is a small dish with a small amount of food on the bread, as you can see in the photo. It...
transports
Transports

To Bygdøy Peninsula Using Oslo Pass

We had a very short holiday in Oslo, staying only two nights, so we moved energetically. To do that, we bought a card called an Oslo Pass. This allowed us to...