To Fourvière Hill
On our second day in Lyon, France, we climbed Fourvière Hill after lunch. There’s a funicular, so we decided to use that. The 72-hour metro ticket we bought on the first day was…
Lyon
In search of a bouchon
On our second day in Lyon, France, we decided to dine at a bouchon. A bouchon is a restaurant with a down-to-earth atmosphere that serves local cuisine. It’s apparently unique to Lyon. I…
Eyeball Art
While walking through the old town of Lyon, France, a shop caught my eye. At first, I didn’t know what it was, so we just walked past, thinking maybe they sold natural stones….
Not bad English wine, etc.
The restaurant we booked in Margate, a seaside town in southeastern England, was named Buoy and Oyster. We were guided to a seat by the window indoors, from which we could see the…
Lunch in ranch and dance
After horse riding, we were hungry enough to have lunch in the ranch in the pampas in Argentina. They prepared the tables outside in the lovely large garden and the Gauchos served…
Finally, Moscow
In the afternoon of the eighth day of our cruise tour in Russia, we finally arrived in Moscow, our last destination. Soon after we arrived, our Kremlin tour started. The local guide…
‘Read’ a pasta dish
Talking with a Japanese friend of mine, Koji, who is a wine and food expert, I learned that there is an Italian dish called Napolitan in Japan, which I did not know that existed.
Necklace from a museum
I bought this necklace of the photo at the Museum of Ancient Glass in Zadar, Croatia. They said that it was made at the workshop in the museum. This museum was...
Virgin Atlantic Airlines
According to company’s official web site, Virgin Atlantic Airways is a success story. Back In the early 80s Richard Branson was probably best known for Virgin Records – the legendary record label that signed major...
Conger special restaurant
A friend of ours took us to a restaurant in Nihonbashi in Tokyo called “Tamai” which is specialised in conger eel dishes. I had never eaten conger eel apart from the one...
to Prince Edward Island
After staying in Montreal in Canada for three nights, we moved to Prince Edward Island. We had lunch at Montreal Airport because for an airport, there were some good restaurants there....
Dinner
The last of our Da Nang night tour in Vietnam was the dinner. The restaurant was called “Apsara” and there were performances of music and dance. It seemed that the customers were mainly...
The market which sells snails
This is a box of snails I saw in Catania, the second biggest city in Sicily, south Italy. They are all alive and wiggle continuously. In this market, mainly sea-foods were sold, but...
enjoy swimming at Blue Caves
I continue talking about the tour in Zakynthos Island in Greece. Because the water at the Xygia beach was too cold to swim, we went on driving and stopped at Skinari where there was a...
