[ Dec.2015 ] Santiago in Chile starts at the foot of Santa Lucia Hill, shown in this photo. The Spanish conqueror, Pedro de Valdivia declared the foundation of this city on the 12th February in 1541….

[ Dec.2015 ] This is the photo of La Moneda Palace, the presidential palace in Santiago in Chile. ‘Moneda’ means coins and it used to be the mint. This building was built by Joaquin Toesca,…

[ Dec.2015 ] We popped in to the Metropolitan Cathedral in Santiago in Chile. It was a gorgeous church like a palace, which was too good to look at it quickly (we did not have…

[ Dec.2015 ] The next destination of our tour of Santiago, Chile, was the indoor fish market called Mercado Central. As soon as we went in, some of the waiters of the small canteens called us….

[ Dec.2015 ] One of the things I was looking forward to in this South America tour was ‘stones’. Chile is the one of the major sources of Lapis Lazuli. This stone has an ultramarine…

[ Dec.2015 ] We arrived in Santiago, the capital city of Chile. Straight away we went out sightseeing. This time we were in a tour (only 4 people, though), so we did not have any…

[ Dec.2015 ] This photo is the ceiling of Madrid airport which I talked about in the past, too. I am always impressed by this stylish design. This time, we arrived here very late at…

[ Dec.2015 ] I would like to introduce a restaurant we went in London which we were very satisfied with. As you can see from their name, Macellaio Roberto Costa, it is an Italian restaurant….

[ Dec.2015 ] We came to Milan, Italy, for work, but found one afternoon for free. So we looked up on the internet to see if there was anything to see in the town and…