[ May, 2013 ] In Stratford-upon-Avon, we visited Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway’s house and looked at it from outside. It is quite a big house with thatched roof. Her father was apparently a yeoman and…

[ May, 2013 ] This is the parents’ bedroom in Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon in England. William Shakespeare was born in this room. According to the explanation of the guide in this room, the reason…

[ May, 2013 ] At the weekend of one of the few Bank Holidays in the UK, we joined a tour to visit mid England and north Wales. Tours are always useful for ordinary workers…

[ June, 2013 ] On one Saturday when we had a hail storm, I was invited to a festival in Cinisello, a town near Milan.The festival was called Festa dell’Unita and supposed to have music…

[ June, 2013 ] In the restaurant in Piacenza in Italy, my table was close to the one of one big family.In this season, they have many ceremonies like Confirmation or First Communion in Italy.This…

[ 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…

[ 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…

[ 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…

[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…