France

[Sept. 2025] On our second day in Lyon, France, we climbed Fourvière Hill after lunch. There’s a funicular, so we decided to use that. The 72-hour metro ticket we bought on the first day was…

[Sept. 2025] Near the hotel we stayed at in Lyon, France, we came across a folkloric-looking building with a simple red pattern on its exterior walls. I thought it was probably a monastery, but we…

[July 2023] That night, we went to see a ballet at the Opera House (Palais Garnier) in Paris, which was one of the purposes of this trip to France. What was different from previous years…

[July 2023] The purpose of this trip to France was to meet friends and watch a ballet at the Opera House, so we had no plans for sightseeing Paris at all. The next day, we…

[July 2023] Barbizon, France, the home of painters, is located at the edge of the Fontainebleau Forest. We entered the forest from Barbizon village. At the entrance to the forest, there were reliefs of Millet…

[July 2023] On our second day in Fontainebleau, France, our friends took us to Barbizon. Barbizon is the name of the village where young painters of the 19th century gathered in search of a new…

[July 2023] After taking a break at a friend’s house in Avon, a town next to Fontainebleau in France, our friend and her husband took us to a village called Samois-sur-Seine along the Seine River….

[July 2023] After a satisfying lunch in Fontainebleau, France, we split up with a couple who were rushing ahead and headed to the palace with a friend who lives locally. Fontainebleau is famous for its…

[July 2023] The next morning in Paris, France, we went out to eat breakfast around 6:30am. Since we don’t eat a lot in the morning, we often choose hotel plans that don’t include breakfast. And…