Paris
That evening’s walk

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…

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…

Ravenna

Ms. Galla Placidia

The second place we went during our mosaic tour in Ravenna in Italy was Mausoleum of Galla Pracidia.This is situated in the same site as the Basilica of San Vitale which we…

Romania

Celebrate spring

This is a photo of Martisor. In Romania, mainly men give women this object on the first of March to celebrate the arrival of spring. It is made of red and white…

England

Walk Around Shoreditch

There is an area called Shoreditch in East London. It used to be a shabby poor area and there used to be cheap leather shops here and there until about 20 years…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

‘Read’ a pasta dish

Talking with a Japanese friend of mine, Koji, who is a wine and food expert, I learned that there is an Italian dish called Napolitan in Japan, which I did not know that existed.
shopping
Food

the market full of vitality in Lanzhou

Coming back from Xiahe in Gansu province in China, which was a completely another world, we stayed in a hotel called Yinbin Hotel in Lanzhou which cost 140 yuan ($1 = 8.28...
airlines
Airlines

Traveling by Air: Connecting Worlds

We love exploring new destinations and the journey is often as exciting as the arrival. While we are currently updating our archives on airlines and flight experiences, we look forward to sharing more insights on...
food
Food

Mazzancolle

A few decades ago, when my parents travelled to Italy, they learned the name of an Italian dish, mazzancolle. But I did not come across this at all and thought they had made...
hotels
Hotels

Stay at Airbnb in Seregno

The town of Seregno in Lombardy, Italy, is about 30 kilometers north of Milan, right in the middle of the towns of Milan and Como. We rented an Airbnb in this town and...
food
Restaurants

Steakhouse

We had a good steak lunch on the day in the centre of Bratislava. The restaurant was called D Steakhouse, which we found in ...
food
Food

Seafood Meze

After enjoying the motorboat ride in Paphos in Cyprus, we went to a restaurant the boatman recommended. We chose Seafood Meze. Meze is a set of small dishes like Spanish Tapas and...
transports
Transports

At the port

We walked in Hakodate in Hokkaido, Japan following the route our guide book suggested.First, the port.Here we found a notice of a motor cruise for 1500 yen, so we took it.The passengers...