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….

Lyon

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….

Lombardy

This is our only choice in Clusone

We visited Clusone in Northern Italy for my husband’s Tai Chi event. We had a reservation for lunch at a restaurant called Commercio Mas-Ci’. We had actually visited this restaurant in June and…

Portugal

Walking in Lisbon

 The next day of our arrival in Lisbon was a holiday and most of the facilities for tourists were closed. We were at a loss for a while, but decided to follow the walking…

Barcelona

Prepared and went to Barcelona

We went to Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, which is the second largest city in Spain, for a short holiday. I was surprised to find out that Dubrovnik, which we visited recently,…

Triest

Bora

Trieste in Italy is famous for  the strong wind.This wind is called Bora and usually comes from north in winter.When it is bad, Bora blows as much as 150km apparently.Therefore, on the…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Eat Italian food in Tokyo

This is my friend, Bangly's posting. Usually when I travel I like to be totally absorbed in local customs, so I eat only local foods because foods are one of the forms of...
shopping
Shopping

a Japanese in San Telmo

On Sunday in Buenos Aires in Argentina, we went to the antique market in San Telmo area which we had also been to last time. We took a taxi from Recoleta area and...
airlines
Airlines

Eastern China Airlines

According to company’s official website, China Eastern Air Holding Company, headquartered in Shanghai, is one of the three largest major air transport companies in China. The company (formerly China Eastern Airlines established in 1988), was...
food
Food

Vegetable was too thick and hard…

In Gyeongju in Korea, we had a meal called Ssam Pap.This means 'wrapping rice' apparently.We had some colourful vegetables to wrap the rice and others, but they were so thick and hard, which...
hotels
Hotels

arriving in Bogota

We spent our Christmas-New Year holiday in Colombia. Because our travel in the three countries in South America the year before was wonderful, we wanted to know this continent more. We used the same travel agency...
food
Restaurants

Cook on the Boat

This is a photo of a seafood restaurant in Milan, not far from the Central Station. The starter was mixed warm seafood and the main was mixed grilled seafood. Everything was so good...
food
Food

About the wine here

Melnik, a village in the southwest of Bulgaria, has long been known as a wine-producing region. Many of the traditional houses in the village have wine cellars, and Hotel Slavova Krepost, where we...
transports
Transports

Sicily at last

This year’s summer holiday was spent in Syracuse, Sicily. A holiday that would have been realised a year ago originally. We have bitter memories of this time last year when my husband’s leg...