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

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,...

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…

Paris

Regional cuisine of the Aveyron

The first restaurant we went to in the Bercy district of Paris, France, where we stayed, was L’Auberge Aveyronnaise. My husband found and booked this restaurant online before the trip. It serves cuisine…

Paris

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…

Argentina

‘Devil’s Throat’

On the next day, we spent whole day in the Iguazu Falls national park in Argentina, near the Triple Frontier. Because the water was too rough, the boat trip was cancelled, so…

Barbizon

Mecca for rock climbing

Barbizon, France, the home of painters, is located at the edge of the Fontainebleau Forest. We entered the forest from Barbizon village. At the entrance to the forest, there were reliefs of Millet…

Japan

One night in Tokyo

To enjoy Tokyo thoroughly, you had better have a room in a hotel in the centre of Tokyo.This time, I stayed at Shin-Takanawa Prince Hotel.There are many hotels around here.I used the shuttle…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

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...
shopping
Shopping

Shopping at the market

On the first day we started ‘living’ in Syracuse, a town in the south eastern part of Sicily in Italy, we went shopping at the wet market. Crossing the bridge from the new...
airlines
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
Food

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...
hotels
Hotels

About hotels

We booked the hotels by internet beforehand for this Hokkaido holiday in Japan. We stayed one night in Hakodate and two night in Sapporo. Our main requirement was the location near the...
food
Hotels

at around Bastille in Paris

Because we were planning to see a ballet and an opera at Opéra Bstille in Paris, this time we stayed near there in a hotel called Hotel Albe Bastille. It was an...
food
Food

Nizza Monferrato

On the day we went to Piedmont with my Japanese friend, after eating a great lunch, we moved on to Nizza Monferrato. She read a novel recently that was set in this...
transports
Transports

Keep it up, Red Arrow!

In the Duomo square in Milan, Italian National Railway's 'Red Arrow' was exhibited.This is apparently the newest model called 'Freccia Rossa 1000'.It can run at 400km/h, and it will be operated to run actually...