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…
Moret-sur-Loing
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…
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…
The eel in Alghero
This day in Alghero, a town in the northwestern part of Sardinia, Italy, was a normal day. The only event was a lunch break between work, going to a market in…
Il Postino, the pride of Procida Island
On the day of an excursion from the southern Italian island of Ischia to the neighbouring island of Procida, the first place our taxi driver Carlo took us to was the beach where…
Arabic bath in Cordoba
We went to a Hamam called Banos Arabes in Cordoba. The interior of the bath was very decorative and Arabic, which was very nice and interesting. It reminded me of a bath in…
Sakè in Japan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In Italy the word sakè indicates a particular alcoholic drink typical from Japan, but the reality is not exatcly like that. In fact, in Japan the word...
Ryokan with Sunset and Murakami Kibori Tsuishu
We stayed at the seaside Ryokan (a Japanese style hotel) called ‘Taikanso Senami no Yu’ in Murakami in the Niigata Prefecture in Japan. According to the information on the internet, the hot spring...
Traveling by Air: Connecting Worlds
We love exploring new destinations and the journey is often as exciting as the arrival. While we are currently updating our archives on airlines and flight experiences, we look forward to sharing more insights on...
Japanese Green tea
Standard Method for making Japanese Green tea. Put tea leaves in the teapot. Pour hot water into the teapot over tea leaves. Soak a while, then pour th tea out into teacups. Please don’t leave...
great time in a Ryokan in Beppu
The next destination of our short holiday in Kyushu in Japan was Beppu where we arrived by the limited express train, “Yufu No.3”. The Ryokan (Japanese style hotel) we had booked was...
The restaurant right next to the gate
We were exhausted when we came back to Aosta after seeing the castles in Valle d’Aosta, the north western tip of Italy, but as we had booked a table in a restaurant at...
German foods are interesting
The representative of German food is sausage, but not only that. In this short trip. We ate quite a few interesting foods in Germany. This one in the photo is ‘liver dumpling’. It...
The Funiclar in Bergamo
Bergamo is about one hour by train from Milan.There are two parts in this town, one is on the hill and the other is at the foot of the hill.The old part is...
