Dining at the monastery
My husband told me he’d made a reservation at a restaurant inside the monastery, so I was very curious to see what kind of simple food I’d be served. The Torba Monastery is…
Piedmont
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…
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…
People we met during the trip to Kermanshah
From Hamadan, a city in the western Iran, we visited Kermanshah just for a day. Kermanshah is the capital city of the province of the same name which has the border…
Church is Trulli, too
When you go up the main slope of Alberobello in southern Italy, at the end you will find a church of Trulli style called Sant’Antonio.Apparently the hight of the dome is 19.8…
The way children grow up
In the restaurant in Piacenza in Italy, my table was close to the one of one big family.In this season, they have many ceremonies like Confirmation or First Communion in Italy.This…
The Meijijingu
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In this photo you can see Meiji shrine, one of the most important and typical tourist destination in Tokyo. It is always full of foreign tourists but...
Stroll in La Alberca
After reaching the summit of the Sierra de Francia, a scenic mountainous area in the province of Salamanca in western Spain, we visited La Alberca, which is said to be a typical village...
Air China
According to company’s official web site, Air China Limited (“Air China”) and its predecessor, the former Air China, were founded in 1988. According to the “Civil Aviation System Reform Program” which was approved and passed...
Seafood and whisky
We had dinner on the Isle of Barra in the Hebrides of Scotland at the hotel we stayed at. The hotel is Castlebay Hotel in Castlebay, the only town-like town on the island....
The View From the Hotel Room
My family came from Japan to Italy. We joined them and had a family holiday in Italy this autumn. First, we stayed in Milan. We stayed in the Michelangelo Hotel, which was...
Second Tuscan restaurant
On the second day in Florence, Italy, we had a reservation for lunch at a restaurant called Antico Ristoro di Cambi. We have lunch as our main meal of the day, as long as circumstances...
Portuguese people like cakes
The timing was not very good for eating when we arrived in Coimbra in Portugal.The hotel receptionist told us “No, nothing is open at this time, excepet that one”.So we went in...
The Funiclar in Bergamo
Bergamo is about one hour by train from Milan.There are two parts in this town, one is on the hill and the other is at the foot of the hill.The old part is...
