Paris
The district of Bercy

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…

Lombardy

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…

Marrakesh

And so the journey comes to an end

Our year-end trip to Morocco has finally come to an end. By the time we returned to Marrakesh from our excursion to Essaouira, it was already getting dark, and we were caught in traffic that…

Rome

Living in a ruin

This is a photo of #Theatre of #Marcellus in Rome.It was completed in 13 AD.The diameter was 111m and it could contain 11000 – 20000 people.In the 4th century, they stopped using…

Oita

Kinrinko Lake in Yufuin

We walked around Kinrinko Lake in Yufuin in Oita prefecture in Japan. The steam was coming out of the water in this lake and that makes mysterious and beautiful scene. According to…

Gdansk

Beer with Honey and Our Meal

Our hotel in Gdansk in Poland was located in the Old Town, which was not that exciting, but fortunately the restaurant recommended on the internet was just around the corner. It was…

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Miranda Friends

Moscow-USSR-2

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we started our stay, they gave us our group itinerary, which included our free days to do whatever we wanted. But we were allowed to move around only...
food
Food

Unexpected food and the old town

After enjoying a boat ride in Tübingen, Germany, it was time for lunch. We hurried to a restaurant we’d planned to go, Gasthaus Baren. The reason we were rushing was because the previous...
hotels
Hotels

The Lakeside Hotel and Katakuri (Asian fawnlily)

We stayed in a Ryokan, a Japanese style hotel, called “Katakuri no Hana (Asian fawnlily flowers) on the lakeside of Lake Tazawa in Akita prefecture, Japan. The exterior was not special, but...
food
Restaurants

Was the waiter Don Quihote?

On the second day of our stay in Toledo, Spain, after visiting the cathedral, we had our lunch in a restaurant nearby called Aurelio. This was listed in our guide book. On the...
food
Food

Japanese food on the New Year

I like Japanese food.This photo shows a part of the New Year's dinner at home.It is so colourful! In Japan it is important how to present food as well as the taste.
transports
Transports

An impudent driver

We went to Bulgaria for the Easter Holiday this year. We usually travel to the Orthodox countries for Easter holidays. This is because the Orthodox Church usually has a different time for Easter...