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…
Our beach day ended with only a sunburn
We were on summer holiday in Agios Nikolaos in eastern Crete, Greece, and the next day was decided to be a beach day. We headed to Almyros Beach, said to be the best…
Chester
We went to Chester for the first time. It is impressive to see the row of houses of half timbered style, which is a type of architecture that you can see…
Express your love
This happened when I was eating in a wine shop/restaurant in Lipari, the Eolian Islands.One worker had a brief visit of his family.He picked up the daughter and kissed, saying ‘ you are so…
Moscow-USSR-4
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. There were some small things that impressed me in Moscow, because things were different from the west: One of these was that the newspapers were basically free and a...
Pendant of the Byzantine Era
This is the pendant I bought in Lefkara village in Cyprus. This village is famous for its lace making, but their silverwork has got a long history, too. Once upon a time,...
Salmon in Murakami
Murakami city in the Niigata prefecture in Japan is not huge, with a population of only about 60,000 people, but there are many famous products. One of them is salmon. We visited...
A walk through Correggio
After a satisfying lunch in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, we returned to our hotel in Correggio for a rest. The hotel was called Phi Hotel dei Medaglioni and faced the portico on the town’s...
Our meal on the New Year’s Day
We welcomed the New Year with a modest treat of biscuits and local sparkling wine at the Airbnb in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, where we were staying. It was a commotion outside, with firecrackers...
Italian in Vietnam
On the day we enjoyed Lantern Festival in Hoi An in Vietnam, we went to an Italian restaurant called Good Morning Vietnam. I felt a bit cheating to eat Italian foods in...
Episode on the return flight
After having my summer holiday in Crete, I came back to Athens and spent one day walking around the city using my guide book.And on the day to return home, because the underground to...
