July means a lavender season. The most popular place to see lavender is in Valensole, Provence, France’s southern part that is known for its beauty. My instagram feed was full of the stunning purple coloured lavender nearly two weeks ago. Only after seeing all those pictures we started planning our trip. Visiting flowers field …
“He who has seen Paris but not Cassis can say, I haven’t seen everything” ~ Federique Mistral, a Nobel prize winning writer. Our French friend echoed the same feeling as the Nobel prize winning writer. “Skipping Cassis while in Provence is a big loss”, she said. It was more than enough to make up …
Kanazawa is one of historical cities in Japan that can be easily reached by 2.5 hours fast train (shinkansen) ride from Tokyo. For foreign tourists Kanazawa is popular for its samurai village, ninja temple and tea houses. For Japanese, meanwhile, Kanazawa is much more than its samurai village, tea houses and the ninja temple. It’s …
We spend a lot time researching the best time to visit a place. It is very reasonable to plan our holiday carefully as we want to be in a place when it offers the best attraction. As a resident to Japan for 3,5 years, “when is the best time to visit Japan” was the number …
Palau de la Musica Catalana is the only concert hall in the world that labeled as UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was designed by Lluis Domenech i Montaner and built between 1905 and 1908. In a nutshell, Palau de la Musica Catalana is not something to be missed when visiting Barcelona for the first time. …
It is easy to spot out Casa Batllo in Passeig de Gràcia. The bright colour building with skull and bone liked facade definitely is eye-catching to any passerby. We thought Casa Batllo was closed when we arrived on Friday afternoon. It was because there were so many people gathered in front of the house taking …