The spectacular St. Peter’s Church
The reason we decided to go to Pizzighettone in Lombardy, Italy, on this day was because we had seen a photo of this extravagant church, St. Peter’s Church. I had never seen a…
Lombardy
To Pizzighettone
We visited Pizzighettone in Lombardy, Italy, to enjoy the autumn scenery before the days got too short. It’s an old town about 66 kilometres southeast of Milan, just over an hour’s drive from…
Mural and trouble
Lyon, France, is home to many murals. It’s fun to wander around and look at them. After lunch, we still had some time before our return train, so we walked around a bit…
‘just in case’
The official residence of the president of Argentina is the Pink House, which faces the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires which means May Square. This name came from the May Revolution of 1810 which led…
A surprisingly stylish castle
The Aragonese Castle, located across the causeway from Ischia Ponte, an old town on the island of Ischia in southern Italy, was built in 474 BC. I think it’s amazing that such an…
Yebisu Beer
I heard that they give us 2 glasses of free beer, so I joined the tour in Yebisu Beer Museum.I did not know that Ebisu, a place in Tokyo was named after Yebisu…
People in Osaka
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting I don’t have enough experience to evaluate the different characters of Japanese people depending on where they are from, but soon after I went out of the...
taking the sand of Prince Edward Island back home
On the second day on Prince Edward Island in Canada, we were going to do the taxi tour on the island. The driver, Billy, whom we had met the day before...
Swiss International Airlines
According to official we site, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) serves 69 destinations (winter schedule 2012/13) in 37 countries all over the world from its Zurich hub and the further Swiss international airports of Basel...
Cave restaurant
After visiting Noravank monastery in Armenia, we went to a restaurant in a cave in this gorge. It was too simple to call a restaurant really. It was decorated with the...
The hotel with homely atmosphere
In Naxos, we stayed in a hotel called Grotta, which is situated on a hill, a little far from the centre of the town.It had very homely atmosphere.They served home made wine...
Writers gather here
Friends of mine, living in Paris took us to this pub in a back street. In the past, Japanese author Fumiko Hayashi, a painter Tsuguji Fujita and etc, got together here. The name...
Mixed boiled meat
The speciality in and around Verona in Italy is a meal called Bollito. Basically, it is boiled mixed meat. The other foods are served by waiters, but for Bollito, a maestro came up...
An old man, the lifesaver for us
After getting full at a restaurant in Poggibonsi, a modest town in the Tuscany region of Italy, we were at a loss as to what to do, but in the end we decided...
