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…

Italy

Take the new Italo train

From Florence to Mian, we took the new high speed train called ‘Italo’. This is run by the first Italian pivate railway company which is funded by the chairman of Ferrari and…

Finland

Fully Enjoying the Summer

The person in this photo was playing wonderful music with his own handmade instrument. As you can see, he has adjusted the amount of water in the bottles to create the tune…

Italy

Biggest antique market in Italy

The main purpose of our visit to Arezzo in Italy was to see some paintings that my friend wanted to see, but the weekend we were there happened to be the huge…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Excursion to Nara

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. During my stay in Osaka we decided to go to Nara for one day. Nara was the first capital of Japan. It took us almost one hour...
shopping
Shopping

Accessory of leaves

I found this accessory in the main street in Alberobello, southern Italy. These are real leaves and gold and silver are on top of it to make it solid. The name of the...
food
Food

The bread

Altamura in southern Italy is famous for its bread, though I did not know until I read that in my guide book when I planned this short holiday.It is recognised as Protected designation...
hotels
Hotels

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...
food
Restaurants

Quite good restaurant

After spending all of my energy by climbing steps of York Minster, we got hungry, so looked for some restaurant. After a while, we entered a restaurant called Filmore & Union...
food
Food

Assorted ham and salami

We had a very light dinner, a glass of red wine with assorted ham and salami in Tirano, the border town between Italy and Switzerland. The red one on the right is called...
transports
Transports

All the way to

The main reason we stayed in Athens, Greece for 3 nights this time was to take a tour to the famous Meteora from here. We had read that there are many day tours...