It had only two stars
We stayed at Hotel Vaubecour in Lyon, France. As usual, we chose this hotel on Booking.com based on its location, reputation, and price, but when we got there, it only had two stars….
Lyon
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….
This is our only choice in Clusone
We visited Clusone in Northern Italy for my husband’s Tai Chi event. We had a reservation for lunch at a restaurant called Commercio Mas-Ci’. We had actually visited this restaurant in June and…
Castle of the Holy Angel
On the third day in #Rome, visited #Castle of the Holy Angel (Castel Sant’Angelo).I had been here before with my parents, and I felt familiar with the dark gentle staircase and the…
St. Teresa, the celebrity of this town
Ávila in Castile and León, Spain is famous for St. Teresa as well as its well-preserved medieval walls. Especially in the Christian world. St. Teresa was born in this town in 1515…
Golden Temple
The highlight of Amritsar in India was this Golden Temple whose proper name is Harmandir Sahib. This is the head temple of Sikhism and it took 30 years to build this, completed…
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...
The first thing we planned to do was my husband’s haircut, and shopping
On the last morning of our short holiday in Florence, Italy, the view from the window was foggy and vague. This was also beautiful. This room with a view of Hotel degli Orafi...
Emirates airlines
Emirates is an airline based at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to the company’s official website, On 25th October 1985, Emirates flew its first routes out of Dubai with just two...
The first dinner
The first restaurant we went in Klaipeda in Lithuania was Friedricho which was listed in our guide book.This was a complex where there were many restaurants with the same name in one...
Cave hotel
This is our hotel room in Matera in Basilicata, south Italy. Matera is cave town and of course the hotel is in the cave. The room was slightly humid, but warm and comfortable...
the restaurant in Saint Petersburg
On the third day in Saint Petersburg in Russia, after coming back to the boat from the Catherine Palace, I changed clothes and we went to the restaurant we found on the...
Purveyor to Japanese tourists?
Our last feast in Rome was at Da Felice a Testaccio, which was included in the list our friend made.It is in Testaccio area which used to be a working class town.But...
An overnight trip during the holiday
During our trip to Extremadura, Spain, we were staying in Caceres, but we wanted to go to Zafra, too, which is a little further south. Looking at the map, it wasn’t that far...
