Out and about in Kyoto
25 июля 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Interesting images from our morning walk in Kyoto
Mt Fuji at high speed
25 июля 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Heading back to Tokyo from Kyoto today on Nozomi 24, in the Green Car. Nice.
We got a glimpse of the famous mountain, obscured by cloud as it almost always is.
Was interesting to see what I estimateЧитать далее
Dinner, Tokyo - Manten Sushi Maranouchi
25 июля 2023 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
Tonight's dinner was an unusual one. The concept is called "Omakase". The phrase omakase, literally 'I leave it up to you', is most commonly used when dining at Japanese restaurants where theЧитать далее
Tokyo evenings
25 июля 2023 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
A balmy evening near Tokyo station.
Underfoot in Japan
26 июля 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Sometimes you should look down.
Kyoto's manhole covers are part of Japan's unique tradition of decorative manhole art, which began in the 1980s as a way to make the high costs of sewerage systemsЧитать далее
Farewell Japan, see you real soon
26 июля 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We stayed at the Royal Park Hotel at Terminal 3.
It's a reasonably priced, modern hotel with easy access to the airport transportation network and very easy access to the check-in desks.
JAL made itЧитать далее
au même moment à Paris...
26 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Dinner with old friends, Henry and Ray, at L'Entracte and enjoying the view of the Opéra Garnier.
L'Entracte is a classic French bistro strategically located near the Palais Garnier opera house inЧитать далее
Flâner dans paris
27 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Morning meander...
Paris
27 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Fair to say that the Parisiens also have a complicated relationship with electric bike and scooter hire...
Galeries Lafayette
27 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Touristing... great views from the Terrace on the Galleries Lafayette store. You'll need to search it out.
Galleries Lafayette, the grand magasin located on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris's 9thЧитать далее
Cocktails in the hood.
27 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
12/15 Bistro. They had the ingredients and the talent, just hadn't heard of the drink. They happily mixed it up for us.
And they were only €8.50 each. I’ll be back.
Flâner dans Paris
28 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Wandered through Le 2e arrondissement de Paris to Jardin des Tuileries, around the Musée du Louvre on our way to Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris with a café stop along the way.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
28 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Slowly being restored... Shortly after these photographs we got caught in a downpour and lucked out with a souvenir store doing a roaring trade selling fetching raincoats.
Flâner dans Paris
28 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌩️ 19 °C
Wandering past the Hôtel de Ville, skirting Le Marais and back to our hotel.
Balade à Montmartre
28 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌩️ 24 °C
Walked between rainstorms to Montmartre and Sacré-Cœur Basilica. Getting some miles out of our raincoat purchase.
Sacré-Cœur Basilica dominates the Parisian skyline from its perch atop MontmartreЧитать далее
Treats at Glace Bashir
28 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌩️ 24 °C
Organic Lebanese ice-cream on Henry Shiner's recommendation. Apricot & rose petal for me (Robin) and orange blossom, almond and pistachio for Ross. Delicious!
Flâner dans Paris
29 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Another day wandering the streets of Paris:
Place Vendôme
Musée du Louvre
Le Centre Pompidou
Musée des Archives Nationales
Place de la Bastille
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Hôtel de ville de Paris
La Coulée Verte or Paris High Line
29 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
The elevated boardwalk trail, built above the viaduct, crosses the 12th arrondissement from Place de la Bastille to the outskirts of Paris, until the Château de Vincennes. La Coulée Verte is aЧитать далее
Cuisine Parisienne
29 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Visited Galleries Lafayette Gourmet to drool over the food.
Galleries Lafayette Gourmet houses several pristine pastry counters where classic French pâtisserie is displayed with characteristicЧитать далее
Flâner dans paris
30 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Some dans le métro entertainment, café with Georgie and Fraser at Marché Bastille and then lunch at L'As du Fallafel in Le Marais.
Édouard-VII-VII, 9th arrondissement.
The Paris Métro, markedЧитать далее
Last dinner in Paris
30 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Final dinner before we head to Lyon, Henry and Ray to Doha then home, Georgie and Fraser to enjoy a few more days in Paris before joining us in Salon-de-Provence. It's been wonderful.
Galeries Lafayette Le Gourmet
31 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
What an amazing experience this part of Galleries Lafayette is. It's everything David Jones food hall in the Sydney CBD wanted to be.
Lafayette Gourmet, the food hall at Galeries Lafayette Haussmann,Читать далее
Au revoir Paris.
31 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Five wonderful days reacquainting with Paris and sharing time with good friends comes to an end.
Flâner dans Lyon, day 1
31 июля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Wandered from Hôtel Bayard Bellecour across the Saône to Vieux Lyon (old quarter) to Cathédrale St-Jean, back to Rue Mercière for dinner at Chez M'man on Rue des Marronniers.
Flâner dans Lyon, day 2, pt 1
1 августа 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Wandered through the old town and took the Funiculaire de Fourvière to the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière. Amazing view of the city from the top.
