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Genoa

Counterfeit vendors

[march 2012] Last time when I came to Genoa, it was the coldest time and not very many people were around, but this time the weather was excellent.A lot of families were enjoying the sun at…

Genoa

Fishing port

[march 2012] As I wrote before, in 1992, 500 years since Columbus found the Americas the port of Genoa was totally  reconstructed, but apparently still a part of it is working as a fishing port.When the…

Genoa

The dog of a shop

[march 2012] This is a dog playing around in the Garibaldi street in Genoa in Italy.Actually this dog belongs to the shop owner near by and because he is letting this dog loose, the police charged…

Genoa

Via Garibaldi

[march 2012] Galibaldi street is one of the World Heritage sites in Genoa, Italy.Both side of the street are occupied grand palaces like Palazzo Rosso, Palazzo Bianco and Palazzo Doria Tursi, which are symbols of the…

Genoa

Architecture of the fascism era

[march 2012] On the second day of my revisit to Genoa, Italy, I took a sight seeing bus.This bus was different from my usual red double decker, but smaller and there was no Japanese guide.One of…

Genoa

Genoa in old days

[march 2012] When I walked around in Genoa with the local man, he pointed out this black and white arch on the wall of a building.Apparently, there used to be a lot of galleries in the town,…

Genoa

Genoa at night

[march 2012] I revisited Genoa, Italy.This time, a local person guided me and we walked around the town at night.Then, we entered a small old pub just in front of an 10 century church, which was…

England

Youth Festival

[March 2012] When we went into inland from Thames river in Henley-on-Thames, we found some party going on  at the main square. There was a female vocalist singing and next to her, there was a huge…

England

Getting warm

[March 2012] The purpose of our visit to Henley-on-Thames was to go shopping as usual, but whenever we go there, we have a bit of walk along the river. Unfortunately the sky was grey, but it…