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…
Unusual museum
In Aero Island in Denmark, we came across an unusual museum. They have hundreds of bottle ships. According to the leaflet, all were made by Peter, who was a chef in a Norwegian ship and…
EXPO in Milan
This year, Milan is hosting an EXPO with the theme of “food” from May to the end of October. We went there finally in September. By then, it had been on for…
Uspenski Cathedral
This is one of the two outstanding churches in Helsinki, in Finland. It was completed in 1868 and it is the largest Russian Orthodox Church in Western Europe. Surely, it was big. Because…
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...
Ryokan with Sunset and Murakami Kibori Tsuishu
We stayed at the seaside Ryokan (a Japanese style hotel) called ‘Taikanso Senami no Yu’ in Murakami in the Niigata Prefecture in Japan. According to the information on the internet, the hot spring...
Fiorentina in Florence
The food I always eat in Florence is Bistecca alla Fiorentina. It is a charcoal grilled beef with bone. It is a simple meal, but you can fully enjoy the taste of...
Mirror coridor in the hotel
This time, I stayed in a hotel called Colomba D'oro in Verona, which is situated just behind the Piazza where the famous Arena is.The location was wonderful.The hotel itself has very traditional atmosphere,...
Eating tapas in a bath
As mentioned earlier, there are many tapas bars in Seville, the capital of the Andalusian region of Spain. Each has its own characteristics, and the tapas bar we went to on this day,...
Restaurant with pastel colours
In Parma, I went to a restaurant called Gatta Matta (meaning 'Crazy She-cat'), where I could not go in last time because it was full.This restaurant is not typical Italian restaurants which has...
An impudent driver
We went to Bulgaria for the Easter Holiday this year. We usually travel to the Orthodox countries for Easter holidays. This is because the Orthodox Church usually has a different time for Easter...
