France

Metro

This is a view inside a metro.I cannot remember which line it was, but it seemed a new carriage with colourful stripy seats.It was a nice surprise that I could use the tickets…

France

Notre-Dame will be next challenge

 To climb up to the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris and take a photo of the view of Paris from behind the gargoyles was one of our purposes of this trip, but the day was…

France

Carnival at islands in Paris

 On the way back from Le Marais area in Paris, we saw these people in costume in Rue Saint-Louis en l’Île. The usual carnival time has passed, but here every year, they have one…

Paris

BHV

We went into a cafe restaurant near Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris for lunch. I had some quiche, which was not bad, but very expensive. You have to avoid the tourist area for eating,…

France

Locks in Paris

Lovers in Paris were influenced by the Italian film, too. Here on the rail of Pont des Arts you can see a lot of locks. We took the hop on and off sight…

France

Given up

The next high place we aimed at was the Eiffel Tower in my Paris trip whose theme was to go up. But again we had to give up. Partly because one of the…

France

Going up

The purpose of this Paris trip was to go up to some higher places and the first point was the top of the Arch of Triumph. I think it said 284 stairs and…

France

The Hotel by Martin Margiela

I went to Paris by Eurostar.I bought the return train tickets and the hotel as a set which was quite reasonable price, so I did not notice until I get there, but the…

Piedmont

Grinzane Cavour Castle

When I went to Langhe in Piedmont, Italy to get some wine, after lunch, I visited the nearby castle.Here, Count Camillo Benso of Cavour, who was one of the architects of the Unification…