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…
Convent
The second place we visited in Valcea County in Romania was a convent called Bistrita. It does not seem to be well-known as a tourist destination and it is not in my…
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…
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…
USSR, Moscow 1980 – 3
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. Walking around in Moscow, we were surprised to see no foods on the shelves in the supermarket, included the famous department store called Gum. But in the hotel we...
Emerald in Bogotà
Some days before we left for Colombia, I was at an antique complex in London and a vendor told me “This emerald is from Colombia. The emeralds of Colombia is the best in the world“....
Special noodle called Houtou
We travelled Fuji/Hakone area in Japan.This is a photo of a noodle meal called Houtou.Its noodle is thicker and shorter than ordinary Udon noodle.There was a menu with bear meat, and of course...
Pintxo breakfast
We stayed in a hotel called Tryp Bilbao Arenal in the old town of Bilbao in Spain.It is a quite ordinary three star hotel, but the location was very good.At the...
the restaurant with the view
After the thorough sightseeing tour in Malaga in the south Spain, it was lunch time. We met a friend who lives in this town and we went to the restaurant of her...
This is another good German food
In this short trip in Germany, I was quite impressed by German cooking, much better than my expectation. This is another good one I ate in Frankfurt, a knuckle of a pork. When...
Train journey
I went to Nice from Milan by train.It took about 5 hours.I was expecting a new fast train like the Red Arrow, but in fact it was an old type with compartment seats.It...
