Paris
Regional cuisine of the Aveyron

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…

Paris

The problem in Paris this time

Almost every trip to Paris, France, presents some kind of problem. Trains are convenient for travelling from Milan to Paris. However, in early May, the Gare de Lyon, the Paris train station, was…

Lombardy

The nature of Colico and a simple restaurant

For lunch that day, we had a reservation at Trattoria Posallo, a restaurant on the outskirts of Colico, a town at the northern end of Lake Como in northern Italy. As usual, my…

England

Redevelopment

When I had a walk in eastern London, I saw a lot of brand-new buildings. This area is not far from the Olympic stadium of this year’s event, and being redeveloped rapidly. …

London

Looking over London

We went up the Shard for the first time, which is the tallest building in western Europe. This is the work of the famous Italian architect, Renzo Piano. It was completed…

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Miranda Friends

In Moscow 1980

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we landed at the Moscow airport in April 1980, at the passport control we we found the officials wearing uniforms, with no smiles or no expressions. They looked...
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Food

Local beer everywhere

In the island of Mando, I thought there was nothing other than the nature, but I found something special, which is the local beer. Well, the beer itself was not that special, but...
hotels
Hotels

Small version of a castle

Our Romanian holiday was organised by our local friends there, from the itinerary to the selection of hotels and restaurants.They planned everything according to our wish, which is that we wanted to...
food
Restaurants

Portrait Restaurant

I have been hearing that the restaurant on the top floor of National Portrait Gallery in London has got a great view and the foods are good, so we decided to go...
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Food

Bicerin

This is a photo of Bicerin, a warm drink born in Turin in Italy. It is made of layers of Espresso, chocolate and milk and served in a small glass. In fact,...