After a quick lunch of noodles and dumplings we retraced our steps back to the Sea of Wisdoms. From there, down the Longevity Hill to the shore of Kunming Lake.
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Summer Palace, Beijing Part 2
At the top, a panoramic view of the park and its surroundings await.
A Night at Palais Garnier, Paris
If you’ve read my post about one dark and stormy night (with a delish chocolate hazelnut cake), you would know that I’d been trying to see Marc Chagall’s paintings in person for years without much success. So when I heard that the Russian-born artist of Belarusian Jewish origin painted the ceiling of the famous opera house in Paris, and that Juan Diego Flórez – a Peruvian tenor who received his country’s highest decoration at the age of 31 – would be performing a recital at Palais Garnier during the time of our visit, I did not waste any time in acquiring a ticket.
Encore Paris
“This is what you do on your very first day in Paris. You get yourself, not a drizzle, but some honest-to-goodness rain, and you find yourself someone really nice and drive her through the Bois de Boulogne in a taxi. The rain’s very important. That’s when Paris smells its sweetest. It’s the damp chestnut trees.” – I can almost hear Audrey Hepburn saying those words in her 1954 film Sabrina.
Foliage Season in Kyoto – Day 3
I would not have visited the Kyoto Imperial Palace if not for my dad, who on the morning of day 3 insisted that he must visit a royal palace during his time in Japan. So we did.
Bayeux, France
We love Bayeux for the following reasons:
Mont Saint-Michel – the Bay
The Bay of Mont Saint-Michel is a UNESCO world heritage site.
Mont Saint-Michel – the Abbey
After a sumptuous meal at La Mère Poulard, we were ready to ascend the stairs leading to the abbey.
Kubota Garden, Seattle
When it comes to spring blossom viewing in the Seattle area, everybody knows about Washington Park Arboretum and the Quad.
St-Malo, France
From Dinan, it’s a half an hour drive to St-Malo. Continue reading “St-Malo, France”
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