It had only two stars
[Sept. 2025] We stayed at Hotel Vaubecour in Lyon, France. As usual, we chose this hotel on Booking.com based on its location, reputation, and price, but when we got there, it only had two stars….
Hotels
Also this time it was Airbnb
[June 2025] We stayed at an Airbnb in Agios Nikolaos, a town in eastern Crete, Greece. Since our first Airbnb stay in Sardinia in 2020, we’ve become completely addicted to its convenience. We’ve had about…
A walk through Correggio
[June 2025] After a satisfying lunch in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, we returned to our hotel in Correggio for a rest. The hotel was called Phi Hotel dei Medaglioni and faced the portico on the town’s…
The hotel and the enoteca in Parma
[April 2025] On that day, we entered Emilia-Romagna from Cremona in Lombardy, Northern Italy, and stayed overnight in Parma. On the way, we stopped off in Fontanellato, where there is a castle called Rocca San…
The only flaw was that he was stingy
[Dec. 2024] In Sorrento, southern Italy, where we spent the New Year holidays, we stayed at an Airbnb as usual. It was the fifth floor apartment in a convenient location, almost right in front of…
Night walk and hotel
[Nov. 2024] We stayed at the Duomo Hotel in Chioggia, Veneto, Italy. It is called a boutique hotel, but it doesn’t feel like one at all. The main hotel is far away, and the reception…
Quirky Hotel
[Aug. 2024] We went to London to celebrate our friend’s end of her battle with illness. It had been decades since we’d stayed in a hotel in London, where we’d lived for many years. This…
The accommodation and our first meal
[July 2024] For our summer holiday in Ischia, Italy, we stayed at Airbnb. For the past four years, we have always chosen Airbnb for long-term stays. The Airbnb we chose in Forio, Ischia, was the…
Overnight stay near Mantua
[June 2024] Mantua, a historic town in Lombardy, northern Italy, is within a day trip distance from where we live, but this time we stayed overnight in the suburbs. We actually wanted to stay in…
