Paris
Romeo and Juliet at the Bastille

Romeo and Juliet at the Bastille

After spending a night at a friends’ house in Fontainebleau, France, our friend and her husband joined us in Paris. After meeting up with mutual friends—a couple living in Paris and another in...

After eating galettes, we went to the palace
Moret-sur-Loing

After eating galettes, we went to the palace

In Moret-sur-Loing, France, we had lunch at a crepe shop by the river. The restaurant was called La Poterne. Apparently, there are roughly two types of crepes: sweet ones are called crepes, and…

A beautiful town of history and art
Moret-sur-Loing

A beautiful town of history and art

On the second day of our short trip to France, we went to Fontainebleau, where our friends live. Normally, you can go directly from Lyon station in Paris, but due to station construction,…

That evening’s walk
Paris

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…

The pirate ship
Genoa

The pirate ship

This is the pirate ship anchored in Genoa port.It is made for a film by Roman Polanski, who is also famous as a criminal.I have not seen the film, but heard that although…

miranda-friends
A Restaurant, Europe and Japan together
Miranda Friends

A Restaurant, Europe and Japan together

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. I read recently that in Italy some restaurants that serve mix of Italian and Japanese cookings. In Osaka, in Japan, I had the opportunity to have a...
shopping
A big impulse shopping
Shopping

A big impulse shopping

After enjoying the museum in Chiprovtsi, a carpet-weaving town in northwestern Bulgaria, we returned to our hotel. I wanted to buy a kilim woven by the owner of the inn, Ilya’s mother, as...
airlines
Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi
Airlines

Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi

Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
food
Orecchietta
Food

Orecchietta

Orecchietta is a pasta which people in Puglia in south Italy often eat. Orecchio means a ear in Italian and this pasta looks like a small ear. This photo was taken in a...
hotels
To Freiburg
Hotels

To Freiburg

From Heidelberg to Friburg in Germany, it took less than 2 hours by train, changing once at Manheim.Friburg is a nice lively town with ditches with clean looking water all over the town....
food
the first meal in Greece this time
Restaurants

the first meal in Greece this time

We spent our summer holiday in Greece this year. When we went to Athens a long time ago, I didn’t have a very good impression of it, so I thought I’d never go...
food
Ice cream for breakfast?
Food

Ice cream for breakfast?

In the morning in Syracuse in the southeastern part of Sicily, Italy, we went out for an Italian breakfast, croissants and cappuccino. The Airbnb where we stayed was in the new town,...