Ballet in Piazza del Duomo
During our summer holiday in Lecce—a historic town in the Apulia region of Southern Italy—we spent an evening watching a ballet performance at an open-air theatre set up in the Piazza del Duomo….
Apulia
Because a wooden one would be too heavy
Continuing our tour of churches in Lecce, in the Puglia region of Southern Italy. After the Duomo, we visited the Church of Santa Chiara, which dates back to the 15th century. I was…
A town that had as many as 120 churches
Lecce, in the Puglia region of Southern Italy, is said to have once been home to as many as 120 churches. I learned this while participating in a walking tour (costing €20, per…
After the horse racing
The man in a shop in Chester, England where I bought a small souvenir said ” the horse racing has finished, now it is a time for a big business”. There…
Asakura Museum of Sculpture
A friend of ours took us to Asakura Museum of Sculpture in Yanaka in Tokyo. It situated in a relaxing residentianl town. They spent four years to renovate this museum and recently…
Visiting Mantova
One weekend when I felt that spring has come, I went to Mantova in Italy.It is a fairly big town with a lot to see such as a castle and a palace and…
Visiting an exhibition of Ukiyo-e
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. A lot of people in Italy know the artist Katsushika Hokusai and his works, for example “the wave” or “36 views of mount Fuji”. They are on...
The next day was sunny
[On the second day in Yokohama, Japan, the sun was shining and completely opposite of the bad weather of the previous day. And it was warm, too. If we had planned this trip one day...
Viaggiare in aereo: Connettere mondi
Amiamo esplorare nuove destinazioni e il viaggio è spesso emozionante quanto l’arrivo. Mentre stiamo aggiornando i nostri archivi sulle compagnie aeree e sulle esperienze di volo, non vediamo l’ora di condividere nuovi spunti su come...
Jacket Potato Restaurant
The guide on the free walking tour in Gdansk in Poland said that there are many good restaurants in the street, which starts at the Great Armoury. So we walked there and...
The hotel in Aero Island
In Aero Island, I stayed in a hotel called Aerohus.The main building was built 1836, but I stayed in an annex which contains two rooms with a small kitchen.It looked like having been...
Meat, again
On the first evening in Buenos Aires, Argentina, we all went to a restaurant called Gran Parrilla del Plata, which was recommended by our tour leader. I think it was located on...
Today’s wine
The name of the wine I had today in Monza in northern Italy was shocking.It is called 'Hell (Inferno)' .This wine is from Valtellina area, a little more north than Monza.Apparently it is not...
Travelling by train to Lyon
We travelled by train from Milan, Italy to Lyon, France‘s second largest city. It was our first time there. I’d heard that Lyon is a city of fine cuisine, so I was excited....
