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…
In the morning in Paris
The next morning in Paris, France, we went out to eat breakfast around 6:30am. Since we don’t eat a lot in the morning, we often choose hotel plans that don’t include breakfast. And…
Deeply Immersed in the Nature of Carpathian Mountains
On the next day, we went south from Lviv in western Ukraine to the Carpathian Mountains and spent a whole day in nature. Fortunately, the weather was fantastic. On the day, our…
Convent, fossils and ruins
After visiting Raquira from Villa de Leyva in Colombia, we went on to Convento del Santo Ecce Homo. This was built in 1620 for old priests to spend the last part of…
JR Rail Pass
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. This time the destination of my travel was Japan. I did not have the time to settle myself down in Tokyo in the house of my close...
Buy pieces of lace
According to my guide book, there are many women who knit lace and sell their products on the streets. It says ‘Buy one or two pieces which would help them sustaining...
Speck Festival
Our main purpose of our trip to South Tyrol was this Speck Festival.This is held every October in Santa Maddalena, about one hour drive from the village we stayed one night. Speck...
This never happened before
For our Cyprus holiday, we booked the flight and the hotel through online travel agency. When we arrived at the hotel in Paphos, nobody was at the reception, so we called out...
Nighttime drink
On our second day in Lyon, France, after a long day of walking around, we rested at the hotel and then headed out for an evening drink. While we typically have a main...
Bread is very good
This is a photo of the garlic bread I ate in a cafe in Hoi An in Vietnam. It was lovely for them to serve it like this on some leaves, which...
From Coimbra to Monsanto
Our second destination in Portugal was a small village called Monsanto. To get there, we got up early and took a taxi to Coimbra B station. Then, we took 8:01am Lisbon train and got off...
