Paris
Romeo and Juliet at the Bastille

Romeo and Juliet at the Bastille

After spending a night at a friends’ house in Fontainebleau, France, our friend and her husband joined us in Paris. After meeting up with mutual friends—a couple living in Paris and another in...

Moret-sur-Loing

After eating galettes, we went to the palace

In Moret-sur-Loing, France, we had lunch at a crepe shop by the river. The restaurant was called La Poterne. Apparently, there are roughly two types of crepes: sweet ones are called crepes, and…

Moret-sur-Loing

A beautiful town of history and art

On the second day of our short trip to France, we went to Fontainebleau, where our friends live. Normally, you can go directly from Lyon station in Paris, but due to station construction,…

Paris

That evening’s walk

After enjoying a delicious lunch in the Bercy district of Paris, France, we finally checked into our hotel. This time, we stayed at the Ibis, a chain hotel. As I mentioned before, the…

Crete

Rich monastery and the painful beach

On our tour of eastern Crete, Greece, we finally arrived at Toplou Monastery, one of our destinations. We paid €5 to enter, but there was no explanation beyond the pamphlet’s description that it…

Zaragoza

Sightseeing on the last day in Zaragoza

On the last day of our three nights stay in Zaragoza in Spain, we visited La Lonja. This is another building facing the big square called Plaza del Pilar and it used…

Zaragoza

El Tubo in Zaragoza

After a rest in our hotel in Zaragoza in Spain, we went out to see the town. Our destination was the area called El Tubo. It is a famous place that there…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Mount Konpira

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Before leaving the town of Kotohira, our aim was climbing up the mount Konpira and visiting the temple located on the peak. The path was quite difficult...
shopping
Shopping

the exciting bazaar in Kashgar

The bazaar in Kashgar, the town in the western part of Xinjiang in China is genuine. In Turpan a few days before, I had been disappointed at their bazaar, so this time...
airlines
Airlines

Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi

Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
food
Food

Mixed boiled meat

The speciality in and around Verona in Italy is a meal called Bollito. Basically, it is boiled mixed meat. The other foods are served by waiters, but for Bollito, a maestro came up...
hotels
Hotels

Lovely B&B

During our family holiday in south Italy, we went to a pretty seaside town of Otranto.We stayed in a B&B called Palazzo De Mori.Actually I stayed here three and a half years...
food
Restaurants

simple dishes and the designer hotel

We had a short holiday in Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia in Spain. It is famous for its sherry. When we arrived in the town on the sunny day without any...
food
Food

Very Popular Ice Cream Shop

When the manager in our B&B in Reggio di Calabria in southern Italy was explaining about the town, she pointed out the ice cream shop on the map, though we did...
transports
Transports

To Isle of Wight

We joined a one day tour to Isle of Wight, south of England, because I found a good discount offer.The meeting time was very early.The bus journey from London was 2 and...