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…
A night at the Opera
We went to Paris to see ballets. It was not my first visit to the Opera, but still I was very much impressed by its beauty. The proper name is Palais Garnier,…
Enjoyable and good foods
There is a lovely restaurant in the aquarium called Oceanografico in Valencia in Spain. The name of the restaurant is Submarino. The speciality here is the setting. The restaurant space is surrounded…
Contemporary Dance at the Historical Theatre in London
Our friends invited us to see a contemporary dance by the Japanese dancer, Saburo Teshigawara, at the historical theatre called The Colonet in London. When we got to the theatre, we found…
Stay in a Ryokan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In the touristic town of Kotohira, in Kagawa prefecture, I stayed one night in a tipical Japanese hotel (Ryokan), called Tsuruya. My Japanese friend Shogo, who accompanied...
Knives and Baskets
When we were walking in Castelsardo, a town in the north of Sardinia in Italy, we noticed that there were many shops selling knives with sharp blades and colourful handles. The...
Emirates airlines
Emirates is an airline based at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to the company’s official website, On 25th October 1985, Emirates flew its first routes out of Dubai with just two...
The Beef and Sake in Murakami
We visited Murakami City in the Niigata prefecture with our friends who live in Niigata city. On the day, it was raining hard in Kanto, where we started, and we wanted to take...
Countess’s room
“This used to be a room of a countess” said the hotel manager guiding us to this room. The atmosphere was wonderful. The ceiling was lovely, too. This room was large enough,...
Abbiamo mangiato Tapas a Caceres
A Caceres, una cittadina dell’Estremadura, in Spagna, abbiamo soggiornato in un hotel chiamato Soho Boutique Casa Don Fernando, che si affaccia su Plaza Mayor, la piazza centrale. Abbiamo scelto questo hotel per la sua posizione....
Jewish cooking
I had a Jewish meal for the first time in Krakow, Poland.The restaurant was called Klezmer Hois and I remember it looked like someones house, rather than a public restaurant.I ate stuffed goose...
Steam train
The third train we rode in Isle of Man was a steam train which connected from Douglas, the capital city to the southenmost Port Erin. This was built in 1873 and...
