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Lombardy

The most beautiful square in Italy

[June, 2012] I wish I could take a photo from higher place, but this is Piazza Ducale of Vigevano, north Italy, which is said to be one of the finest squares in Italy built at…

England

Art

[june 2012] On the way back from the trip to north England, we went to see an art situated near Liverpool. It is called Another Place by famous sculptor called Antony Gormley. I had heard…

England

Old fashioned coffee shop

[june 2012] This is the interior of an old fashioned coffee shop in Morecame, north England. Apparently, Mr.Brucciani from Tuscany, Italy came and started this shop in 1939. It is an ice-cream maker as well….

England

The theatre waiting for renovation

[june 2012] Morecambe, a north England seaside town used be a famous holiday destination in Victorian Era, where a lot of fashionable people gathered. This Victoria Pavilion Theatre was build during that time in 1897….

England

Green Ground

[June 2012]  When we went to see the Hadrian’s Wall, I enjoyed English countryside a lot. The most impressive thing there was ‘ green’. Because they have a lot of rain, the ground is always…

England

Mr. Hadrian

[June 2012] When we went to see Hadrian’s Wall, we visited Roman Army Museum. What I learned there was that Mr.Hadrian was a gay. He had a wife, but he loved Antinous, a Greek boy…

England

Managers of the ruins

[June 2012] When we visited Hadrian’s Wall, I noticed the managers for each ruins were different and according to that, the facilities are different, too. English Heritage, which is related to the government was the main…

Hadrian's Wall

The hotel like a manor house

[June 2012] When we went to see Hadrian’s Wall, we stayed one night at Slaley Hall in Northumberland. It is in the middle of nowhere. The house used to be a manor house of Edwardian…

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Changing room

[June 2012] We visited Chesters Fort, one of the forts along the Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England. Here, there is a ruin of a bath house near the river, away from the main…