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…
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…
Something Added at St. Michael’s Cathedral
In the square outside St. Sophia’s Cathedral, the oldest cathedral in Kiev in Ukraine, there is a dynamic statue. This is a Cossack Hero called Bohdan Khmelnytsky, who led this country to independence from Poland…
Another nice restaurant
In Alacati in Turkey, we went into a restaurant without any guidance and it was a hit. Mussels, anchovy, octopus salad, seabass…everything was very good. It was my lunch but I ate a…
Garlic pancake in Slovakia
We went to Slovakia for the first time. It has separated from Czech since 1993 and we hardly hear the news from this small country. But we found that …
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...
Central Market that I hadn’t noticed before
We entered the Central Market in Florence, Italy for the first time. I’ve been to Florence many times since I was young, but I’ve never been here because I was distracted by the...
the beautiful beach and the touristy fishing village
On another day during our summer holiday in the south of Sicily in Italy, the guide who looked after us on the first day took us to San Lorenzo beach and...
A fine hotel
We stayed at Central Park Hotel in Sighisoara in Romania, which is located just outside of the wall. It is a very nice hotel. According to the leaflet in the room, this...
Pink Tank, the nuclear shelter and the sausages
After visiting the castle in Brno in Czech Republic, we went to see the Pink Tank located in Komenskiy Square. This was introduced during the walking tour, too. This tank was moved from Prague for...
Eat a sausage in Rynek Glowny
Before forgetting all, I would like to write about my travel in the past. First, Krakow in Poland I went in May 2009 with a friend of mine. I remember that because the...
Train journey
I went to Nice from Milan by train.It took about 5 hours.I was expecting a new fast train like the Red Arrow, but in fact it was an old type with compartment seats.It...
