Paris
The problem in Paris this time

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...

Lombardy

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…

Marrakesh

And so the journey comes to an end

Our year-end trip to Morocco has finally come to an end. By the time we returned to Marrakesh from our excursion to Essaouira, it was already getting dark, and we were caught in traffic that…

Iwate

Kuji amber

My mother loves amber. That is why we went to Gdansk in Poland together last year, but she had not been to Kuji, the most famous Japanese city for amber production, so…

Tunisia

Endless surprises in Tunisia

This strange building is called Ksar, which was sometimes used as a fortress by Berber people. Each room is called Ghorfa and it is a storeroom for grain. We saw this in…

Lombardy

Cow bells

The sound of cow bells is a part of the atmosphere of the Alps and make people feel rather happy.It is a good sound, but for cows it is the 24 hours’ sound…

miranda-friends
Miranda Friends

Moscow-USSR-2

This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we started our stay, they gave us our group itinerary, which included our free days to do whatever we wanted. But we were allowed to move around only...
shopping
Shopping

Stroll in La Alberca

After reaching the summit of the Sierra de Francia, a scenic mountainous area in the province of Salamanca in western Spain, we visited La Alberca, which is said to be a typical village...
food
Food

Orecchietta

Orecchietta is a pasta which people in Puglia in south Italy often eat. Orecchio means a ear in Italian and this pasta looks like a small ear. This photo was taken in a...
hotels
Hotels

Hotel of a satiric writer

We stayed in a hotel called Hotel l’Aretino which was on a corner of the bustling shopping streets. It was very ordinary three star hotel. Both room and breakfast were nothing special....
food
Restaurants

An Excellent Restaurant in Miyako-jima

When we looked around the souvenir shops in Hirara-cho in Miyako-jima, which is in Okinawa prefecture, Japan, the most noticeable thing was the goods related to Mamoru-kun. Mamoru-kun is a policeman doll...
food
Food

Squid eggs, octopus innards, etc.

On Pellestrina, an island in the Veneto region of Italy, we walked around looking for a restaurant that we had been told was supposed to be open. This time, instead of going along the...