Travelling by train to Lyon
We travelled by train from Milan, Italy to Lyon, France‘s second largest city. It was our first time there. I’d heard that Lyon is a city of fine cuisine, so I was excited….
Lyon
This is our only choice in Clusone
We visited Clusone in Northern Italy for my husband’s Tai Chi event. We had a reservation for lunch at a restaurant called Commercio Mas-Ci’. We had actually visited this restaurant in June and…
A Tai Chi Workshop in Clusone and a Visit to the Town
(This is my husband’s post.) I spent three days in Clusone, a beautiful town in the Seriana Valley, Italy, just a few kilometres from Bergamo, to take part in a tai chi workshop. Since…
The town whose name is gravestone
The name of Sansepolcro, a town in Tuscany in Italy, where we stayed one night means ‘holy gravestone’. That is because this town was founded around 1000AD by two pilgrims who brought…
Visiting the theatre
The Municipal Theatre in Rio de Janeiro is situated in the square called Cinelandia where there used to be many cinemas. When we were there, the theatre was not showing any performances…
Caravaggio
No se trata del famoso pintor, Caravaggio, si no de la ciudad. El pintor aparentemente pasó algún tiempo de sus primeros días allí, pero la ciudad de Caravaggio había estado allí antes que él….
Visiting an exhibition of Ukiyo-e
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. A lot of people in Italy know the artist Katsushika Hokusai and his works, for example “the wave” or “36 views of mount Fuji”. They are on...
walk in the morning and then shopping
The weather was very nice on the second day in Tavira in Portugal. Our hotel was on top of the hill, so we started to walking down, visiting Igreja de Santa Maria...
Aeroflot airlines
Aeroflot – Russian airline, commonly known as Aeroflot, is the flag carrier of the Russian federation. The carrier operates domestic and international passenger services, mainly from its hub at Sheremetyevo International Airport. According to them...
to Piedmont for wine
Piedmont in Italy is not only beautiful with gently sloping hills, but also famous for its wine. We went there to buy some bottles some years ago from Milan just for a...
Having a meal at a Mehana
Melnik in the southwest of Bulgaria is a village located about 20 kilometres from the border with Greece. The reason why we came here is because it was recommended by an Italian colleague...
Very good meat dishes
Another mistake we made regarding our Cyprus holiday was the guide book. We bought a different kind from our usual one, and it was not easy to use. On top of that,...
Historical Amazake shop
The main reason why we went to Kanda Shrine in Tokyo was in fact to have some Amazake (sweet beverage made from fermented rice or sake lees). The shop is called Amano-ya...
the restaurant in Saint Petersburg
On the third day in Saint Petersburg in Russia, after coming back to the boat from the Catherine Palace, I changed clothes and we went to the restaurant we found on the...
