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…
Salt Lake with Flamingos
During our holiday in Cyprus, we joined the tour which took us around the southern side of the island. The first destination was Larnaca Salt Lake. Here, we could see wild flamingos….
The hotel in front
We stayed in a hotel called Vis a Vis in Trieste in Italy.This hotel is just off Unita Square, which is the centre of the city, so the location was excellent.It opened…
Pop in to Florence for shopping
On the way back from our family holiday in south Italy, we flew from Bari to Pisa and spent one night in Florence mainly to satisfy my family’s desire for shopping.What we…
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...
not only taking photos but also eating and shopping
I continue talking about the Urban Photo Race (UPR) which we joined in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. This is a kind of photo competition that we take photos in a whole...
United Airlines
United Airlines is one of the most important Airlines in U.S.A. According to company’s official web site, in 1926 United Airline’s first flight of mail was flown by T. Warney from Washington to Nevada. It...
Simple Lunch on the Seashore of Anaga
Anaga Natural Park in Tenerife, in Spain, is as large as 14,419 hectares. There are over 120 kinds of endemic plants and animals there, apparently. The jugged mountains are the centre of...
Overnight stay near Mantua
Mantua, a historic town in Lombardy, northern Italy, is within a day trip distance from where we live, but this time we stayed overnight in the suburbs. We actually wanted to stay in...
Boat, view and ‘the Old Bridge’
In the evening, we went to the restaurant in the boat moored on the Danube, which was recommended by our tour guide. It was an...
Went to Yobuko to eat squid
We went to Yobuko in Saga prefecture in Japan with my family to eat squid. We crossed a long corridor from the shore to the restaurant called “Manbou”. They ushered us to...
Go back by boat
On the day we took an excursion to Amalfi while staying in Sorrento in southern Italy, we walked around the town after a delicious lunch. Amalfi has one main street lined with shops,...
