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Italy

Going Up the Campanile

[ Oct.2015 ] We decided to go up the Campanile soon after we left our luggage in the hotel near Piazza San Marco. It is a tower whose height is 98.6 metres, but there is…

Italy

Water Taxi

[ Oct.2015 ] From the central station in Milan, in Italy, we took a fast train called Frecciabianca to Venice. The last time I went there was three years ago, but it was the first…

Italy

Seeing ‘The Last Supper’

[ Oct.2015 ] Whilst in Milan, in Italy, we joined a tour to see “The Last Supper” by Leonardo Da Vinci. Of course, we could not take any photos of the picture, so this photo…

Italy

Visiting Sforza Castle Quickly

[ Oct.2015 ] After we visited the Duomo and the Galleria in Milan with my family, we went to Sforza Castle. This was built by Francesco Sforza, the Duke of Milan, in the middle of…

Italy

Central Station of Milan

[ Oct.2015 ] We used to live in Milan for nearly half of the year and the Central Station was simply our commuting station. However, this time when we took our family there to show them…

Italy

Only a Starter, But a Lot

[ Oct.2015 ] We went to our favourite seafood restaurant in Milan with our family, who had just arrived from Japan. This restaurant is famous for its mixed seafood starter, because they serve many kinds…

Milan

The View From the Hotel Room

[ Oct.2015 ] 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…

Poland

The Last Thing was Vodka

[ Oct.2015 ] In the evening of the last day of our stay in Gdansk in Poland, we had a light supper at the hotel and drunk some vodka after that. There was a set…

Poland

Altar Made of Amber

[ Oct.2015 ] We learned in the amber museum in Gdansk, in Poland, that there is a church whose altar is made of amber. So we went there, asking passers-by how to get there. The…