[ Aug.2015 ] The person in this photo was playing wonderful music with his own handmade instrument. As you can see, he has adjusted the amount of water in the bottles to create the tune…

[ Aug.2015 ] The most important place to look at in Helsinki is Suomenlinna, which is about 15 minutes away from the market square by boat. This is a fortress made up of 6 small…

[ Aug.2015 ] The word Kauppatori in Helsinki means Market Square in English. I cannot guess the meanings of Finnish words at all. Surely, here in the square, there was a market. They said that they…

[ Aug.2015 ] We asked the hotel receptionist to recommend some Finnish restaurants in Helsinki, as it was just about lunch time when we arrived there. She said “Aino is good. They are not so…

[ Aug.2015 ] We stayed in a hotel called Hotelli Seurahuone, in Helsinki, Finland. It is close to the railway station. When we arrived at the last stop of the airport bus, we could see it…

[ Aug.2015 ] We spent one weekend in Helsinki in Finland. This was my first visit there, although I have been to Lapland in the far north of Finland. I was not very much interested…

[ July, 2015 ] During our holiday in Calabria in southern Italy, we ate seafood everyday and by the end, I missed meat. So, when we went back to Milan, we looked for a good meat…

[ July, 2015 ] On the last day of our summer holiday in Calabria, southern Italy, we had a few hours before the flight, so we went to see the Aragonese Castle in Reggio di Calabria….

[ July, 2015 ] After enjoying our walk along the promenade and tasting the lovely ice cream in Italy, we headed back to our B&B. On the way, we found this stall selling only watermelon….