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[ June, 2013 ] In Piacenza in Italy, we were disappointed to find that the restaurant I had looked up in internet was full up. So we asked two of the passers for their recommendation…
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‘Toccata and Fugue’ in a church
[ June, 2013 ] In San Francesco chuch in Piacenza in Italy, I had a wonderful experience.After looking around in the church, I was called by one local man in Japanese,”Are you Japanese?”.He is Father…
A picture of Raffaello
[ June 2013 ] In the Farnese Palace in Piacenza in taly, they were holding an exhibition on Raffaello’s ‘”Sistine Madonna”.This painting is famous for two angels with vacant expression painted below Madonna.It is now…
The rise and fall
[June, 2013] On one Sunday when we felt summer for the first time this year, I went to Piacenza in Emilia Romagna from Milan.When I got off the car, this huge Fernese Palace was in…
Restaurant called Fish Market
[ June 2013 ] I found another excellent restaurant in Milan and want to tell you about it.The name is Mercato del Pesce (Fish Market) and they sell actual seafood outside the restaurant area.It is…
Shopping on the last day
[ Autumn, 2005 ] We spent some time and money on the last day in Armenia. First, I bought two bottles of Armenian cognac. They were not the famous ‘Ararat’, but something else which was…
The head temple of Armenian church
[ Autumn, 2005 ] We visited Echmiadzin, the head temple of Armenian church. It is like Batican of Catholic. So many people were there. Some came there to pray, but a lot were local tourists…
When you pass through a rainbow…
[ Autumn, 2005 ] Lake Sevan in Armenia is at 1900m above sea level. This is one of the largest lakes in the high altitude in the world. But during Soviet era, the water was…
A boy called Vahei
[ Autumn, 2005 ] Armenian old graveyard is worth visiting. This place is called Noraduz and it is full of old grave stones from 13th to 17th century. These cross stones called Khachkar are carved…
