Paris
Romeo and Juliet at the Bastille

Romeo and Juliet at the Bastille

After spending a night at a friends’ house in Fontainebleau, France, our friend and her husband joined us in Paris. After meeting up with mutual friends—a couple living in Paris and another in...

After eating galettes, we went to the palace
Moret-sur-Loing

After eating galettes, we went to the palace

In Moret-sur-Loing, France, we had lunch at a crepe shop by the river. The restaurant was called La Poterne. Apparently, there are roughly two types of crepes: sweet ones are called crepes, and…

A beautiful town of history and art
Moret-sur-Loing

A beautiful town of history and art

On the second day of our short trip to France, we went to Fontainebleau, where our friends live. Normally, you can go directly from Lyon station in Paris, but due to station construction,…

That evening’s walk
Paris

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…

Mysterious fountain
Tuscany

Mysterious fountain

After coming down from the castle of Poggibonsi, a town in the Tuscany region of Italy, we headed for the Fonte delle Fate (Fairy Fountain). Isn’t it a wonderful name that makes you…

Wooden Crane
Poland

Wooden Crane

When you walk along the Motlawa River in Gdansk in Poland, you will not miss this black wooden building. This is the crane. I could not understand this at first, but there…

Church with El Greco painting
Greece

Church with El Greco painting

One of the places we looked for in Ermoupoli in Syros was a church called Kimisis tis Theotokou, which has got a painting by famous painter El Greco. His religious painting itself…

miranda-friends
Visiting an exhibition of Ukiyo-e
Miranda Friends

Visiting an exhibition of Ukiyo-e

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. A lot of people in Italy know the artist Katsushika Hokusai and his works, for example “the wave” or “36 views of mount Fuji”. They are on...
shopping
Ryokan with Sunset and Murakami Kibori Tsuishu
Hotels

Ryokan with Sunset and Murakami Kibori Tsuishu

We stayed at the seaside Ryokan (a Japanese style hotel) called ‘Taikanso Senami no Yu’ in Murakami in the Niigata Prefecture in Japan. According to the information on the internet, the hot spring...
airlines
Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi
Airlines

Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi

Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
food
Japanese Green tea
Food

Japanese Green tea

Standard Method for making Japanese Green tea. Put tea leaves in the teapot. Pour hot water into the teapot over tea leaves. Soak a while, then pour th tea out into teacups. Please don’t leave...
hotels
Bath and foods
Hotels

Bath and foods

We stayed in a Japanese style hotel called ” Hiina ” which my friend booked. When I choose a hot spring hotel in Japan, the first condition is if there is a...
food
Castella
Food

Castella

Years ago, when I visited Portugal for the first time, I looked around for Castella, the cake which is popular in Japan and believed to be Portuguese. But the castella look-a-like cakes were lemon cakes....
transports
Photogenic Final Borgo
Transports

Photogenic Final Borgo

This time in Liguria in the north Italy, a taxi driver Roberto in Finale Ligure took us around. When we took a taxi from the station, his taxi was there twice, and from the...