Lombardy
To Pizzighettone

To Pizzighettone

We visited Pizzighettone in Lombardy, Italy, to enjoy the autumn scenery before the days got too short. It’s an old town about 66 kilometres southeast of Milan, just over an hour’s drive from...

Lyon

Mural and trouble

Lyon, France, is home to many murals. It’s fun to wander around and look at them. After lunch, we still had some time before our return train, so we walked around a bit…

Lyon

This is a real bouchon

For our last day in Lyon, France, we made a reservation at La Meuniere, which was at the top of the list of recommended bouchons. It had closed two days prior, so we…

Lyon

Two churches

On our final day of a short trip to Lyon, France, the sky was a deep blue, a stark contrast to the previous day. First, we went to see the cathedral in the…

Oita

Kinrinko Lake in Yufuin

We walked around Kinrinko Lake in Yufuin in Oita prefecture in Japan. The steam was coming out of the water in this lake and that makes mysterious and beautiful scene. According to…

England

Nature in Cumbria

We went to see a waterfall called Aira Force in Cumbria in northern England. It was nearly raining, but we managed to …

Brno

The castle was the prison

The Spilberk Castle occupies the most notable position in the town of Brno in Moravia region of Czech Republic. On the last day of our stay, we visited here first. Our…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

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...
shopping
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
Airlines

Vietnam Airlines

According to company’s official website, the history of Vietnam Airlines dates back to January 1956 when the Vietnam Civil Aviation Department was established by the Government, marking the birth of the civil aviation industry in...
food
Food

Ravioli festival

The last destination of our short trip in the north Italy was Rovetta.We had leaned online that they were holding Bertu Festival on this day (17th August).Bertu is a kind of ravioli...
hotels
Hotels

To Andalusia in search of the bright sun

As autumn deepened, we left London, where there are many dark days, and went to the Andalusia region of Spain in search of a bright sun. Of course, there are still Covid restrictions,...
food
Restaurants

Munich there

The first restaurant we went in Trieste in Italy was called ‘ Kapuziner ‘ which served Bavarian foods. It was just next to our hotel and the taxi driver recommended it. The...
food
Food

Eat at the terrace

This is a photo of a dish of polenta and octpus. This was recommended by this restaurant called Restoran Tinel in Sibenik where we looked for. On top of this, we...
transports
Transports

boat trip from Yangshuo

On the second day in Yangshuo in China, my bottom was hurting so much that I could not sit on a chair easily and that was because of our tough cycling the...