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…
Pérouges
To Fourvière Hill
On our second day in Lyon, France, we climbed Fourvière Hill after lunch. There’s a funicular, so we decided to use that. The 72-hour metro ticket we bought on the first day was…
In search of a bouchon
On our second day in Lyon, France, we decided to dine at a bouchon. A bouchon is a restaurant with a down-to-earth atmosphere that serves local cuisine. It’s apparently unique to Lyon. I…
Carnival at islands in Paris
On the way back from Le Marais area in Paris, we saw these people in costume in Rue Saint-Louis en l’Île. The usual carnival time has passed, but here every year, they have one…
How to Pray
We revisited Taipei in Taiwan. This time, it was a short trip celebrating the birthday of a family member. On arrival, we started sightseeing with a guide. The first destination was…
Black and White town of Inveraray
This town is totally black and white. According to our guide, the town was renovated into this monotone, when their lord decided to renovate his own castle. It is a handsome small town facing…
Moscow-USSR-4
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. There were some small things that impressed me in Moscow, because things were different from the west: One of these was that the newspapers were basically free and a...
Carmo Convent and Sardine Shop
The weather was lovely on the third day in Lisbon in Portugal, too. Unfortunately, because of my husband’s leg injury, we could not do much sightseeing this time, but just to enjoy...
Air India
Air India is India’s national flag carrier. Although air transport was born in India on February 18, 1911 when Henri Piquet, flying a Humber bi-plane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini Junction, some six miles...
The Beef and Sake in Murakami
We visited Murakami City in the Niigata prefecture with our friends who live in Niigata city. On the day, it was raining hard in Kanto, where we started, and we wanted to take...
At night in Ragusa
We boarded a single-car train that arrived 10 minutes late from the Modica station in Sicily. Our destination is Ragusa. It took only about 30 minutes, but it went like an old man...
“I told you” restaurant
On the day when we got very hungry after working hard for the Photomarathon in Rome in Italy, we searched on the internet for a good restaurant serving the great foods...
The hearty eater
This is a restaurant called Victory in Monza, north Italy.The dish is the grilled vegetable, which is nice and simple and I order almost every time when I eat seafood as the main...
Bristol balloon experience: part two
I continue talking about our experience of hot air balloon flight in Bristol in south west England. The balloon went up and up and we flew over the Bristol city. When we...
