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

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,...

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…

Paris

Regional cuisine of the Aveyron

The first restaurant we went to in the Bercy district of Paris, France, where we stayed, was L’Auberge Aveyronnaise. My husband found and booked this restaurant online before the trip. It serves cuisine…

Paris

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…

Germany

Elbe and Balloon

I think that the first time I learned the name Elbe was in a history class at school. It is famous for the meeting of the US forces and Soviet forces during…

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The reconstructed bridge

The main attraction of Mostar, the biggest city in Herzegovina region is undoubtedly this Stari Most. It means ‘old bridge’ and originally build in 16th century. But in 1993 during the conflict,…

Sicily

Visit a Baron family

We visited the Baron family in the historic town of Ragusa Ibla in Sicily. It sounds grand, but in fact it’s part of the tour. But it was the Baron himself who showed us around….

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

A Restaurant, Europe and Japan together

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I read recently that in Italy some restaurants that serve mix of Italian and Japanese cookings. In Osaka, in Japan, I had the opportunity to have a...
shopping
Shopping

Handicrafts in Scanno

Scanno, the town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy, is small but they have high quality handicrafts. It is especially famous for the pendant called Presentosa. We also saw some of them...
airlines
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
Food

Bicerin

This is a photo of Bicerin, a warm drink born in Turin in Italy. It is made of layers of Espresso, chocolate and milk and served in a small glass. In fact,...
hotels
Hotels

An Excellent Hotel in Alghero

We went to Sardinia in Italy for the first time in eight years. The last time we went to the southeast part of the island, but this time, we went to the...
food
Restaurants

Historical restaurant

We went back to Japan over Christmas and New Year period again. This time our friend took us to an interesting restaurant. It is an old place with the atmosphere of somewhere...
food
Food

When in Otaru, eat sushi

There is a “Sushi Street” in Otaru in Hokkaido, Japan, where there are as many as 20 sushi restaurants.The Rickshaw driver's first choice was unfortunately closed on the day, so we went...
transports
Transports

fly to Italy during the pandemic

At the end of August this year, we were originally planning to go to Japan. But Japan has been virtually adopting a national isolation, so our flight was cancelled. Instead, we decided...