See the tranquil church and head to the old town
Near the hotel we stayed at in Lyon, France, we came across a folkloric-looking building with a simple red pattern on its exterior walls. I thought it was probably a monastery, but we…
Lyon
It had only two stars
We stayed at Hotel Vaubecour in Lyon, France. As usual, we chose this hotel on Booking.com based on its location, reputation, and price, but when we got there, it only had two stars….
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….
In sunny St. Andrews
The main destination of our tour in Fife, Scotland was St Andrews. We arrived here around the lunch time. Fish and chips was a hot topic on our tour bus, so I was…
‘Toccata and Fugue’ in a church
In San Francesco chuch in Piacenza in Italy, I had a wonderful experience.After looking around in the church, I was called by one local man in Japanese,”Are you Japanese?”.He is Father…
Italian holiday
For me, holiday and travelling has almost the same meaning, but for many people those two words are very different.For majority of Italian people, holiday or vacanza means doing nothing on the beach.Also…
Osaka castle
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. One of the most important touristic attraction in the city of Osaka is its castle. It was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the three people who...
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...
Qantas Airlines
Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest domestic and international airline. Registered originally as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited (QANTAS), Qantas is widely regarded as...
Get fat in Rome
We crossed the Tiber and went into the area called Trastevere, where Bohemians used to gather. Here we went in to one of the restaurants called Bruno alla Lungaretta which we decided...
Note the windows
We stayed in Gloucester Bowden Hall #Hotel in #Cotswolds.The room was ordinary as it is one of the Accor chain hotels.The foods were not as special as they pretend to be, which...
Very old restaurant
For lunch in Windsor in England, we went to a restaurant called “Castello” which served Mediterranean foods. The building was very old, apparently built in 1423. The circular says ” it is...
tasty meals from the rich local foodstuffs
This photo is a part of feast we had in our hotel in Sado Island in Japan. This time we stayed two nights in a hotel called Ryokan Urashima and on the...
Visiting Rye by the slow train
I have an almost obsessive notion that I must not waste a sunny weekend during summer and have to go somewhere, so this Sunday we went to Rye, a town in the south...
