Pérouges

Picturesque stone village

[Sept. 2025] Pérouges, France, is a truly small stone village. The cobblestone streets are part of its charm, but they’re also extremely difficult to navigate. There was a church near the village entrance, so we…

Lyon

Nighttime drink

[Sept. 2025] On our second day in Lyon, France, after a long day of walking around, we rested at the hotel and then headed out for an evening drink. While we typically have a main…

Lyon

In search of a bouchon

[Sept. 2025] On our second day in Lyon, France, we decided to dine at a bouchon. A bouchon is a restaurant with a down-to-earth atmosphere that serves local cuisine. It’s apparently unique to Lyon. I…

Lombardy

This is our only choice in Clusone

[Aug. 2025] We visited Clusone in Northern Italy for my husband’s Tai Chi event. We had a reservation for lunch at a restaurant called Commercio Mas-Ci’. We had actually visited this restaurant in June and…

Crete

Dining in Heraklion

[June 2025] Well, our summer holiday in Agios Nikolaos in eastern Crete, Greece, has finally come to an end. After checking out of our Airbnb, we took a taxi to Heraklion, where the airport is…

Crete

But still, seafood

[June 2025] During our  summer holiday in the town of Agios Nikolaos on the Greek island of Crete, we decided to relax on this day as it was a day of rest. That’s the great…

Crete

This lunch was worth the wait

[June 2025] On our tour of eastern Crete, Greece, we were finally taken to a restaurant. Lunch was included in the tour. We were starving. We stopped at a restaurant in a neighbourhood where construction…

Crete

Café with a great view

[June 2025] While staying in Agios Nikolaos in eastern Crete, Greece, we went to a highly rated café my husband found online that evening. As we discovered, its selling point was its location. Gioma is…

Crete

The paradise she built

[June 2025] There was a colourful restaurant right near the Airbnb we were staying at in Agios Nikolaos, eastern Crete, Greece. We noticed it just before arriving at the Airbnb by taxi, and my husband…