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…
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…
San Antonio de Areco, the Gaucho town
The next day, we had an excursion to San Antonio de Areco from Buenos Aires in Argentina. This town is situated 113km northwest of Buenos Aires in the Pampas with the population…
Monastery in the remote mountain
My Malaysian friend whom I met in the Armenian tour often says ‘ the journey to Tatev was terrible, wasn’t it’ even now. We were on the non paved road for…
Crowded Puerta del Sol
Puerta del Sol is a popular meeting place in Madrid. Since 16th century it always has been full of people apparently. One old man kept dancing to the music by this band in…
Kabuki show
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in the small town of Kotohira, in Japan, I had the opportunity to see a Kabuki show, thanks to my friend Shogo’s help. This...
Lapis lazuli
One of the things I was looking forward to in this South America tour was ‘stones’. Chile is the one of the major sources of Lapis Lazuli. This stone has an ultramarine...
Meatballs
This is a photo of #meatball dish which is a typical meal in #Rome. I ate this at a restaurant called Flavio al Velavevodetto. This time we had asked a friend of...
the outrageous hotel in Murano
We stayed in Sofitel in Murano, the island in Venice, which is run by Accor, the French mega hotel chain. The proper name of the hotel is Le Gare Hotel Venezia MGallery...
A town called Torquay
The reason why we chose Torquay, a town in southwest England, as our last domestic trip in the UK is because there was someone we wanted to meet. My husband meets her every...
The cheese market in Chiswick
A hobby class teacher told us that a cheese market would be held in the Chiswick district in western London, so we went there. The classroom is also in this Chiswick, but for...
Travelling by train to Lyon
We travelled by train from Milan, Italy to Lyon, France‘s second largest city. It was our first time there. I’d heard that Lyon is a city of fine cuisine, so I was excited....
