[June, 2011] One Saturday, after 5pm, suddenly we decided to go to Desenzano, a town on the Garda Lake in Italy. When we arrived, it was not raining, but soon it started and became like…

[May, 2011] One weekend in May, there was Sardinia Festival in Monza, a northern Italian town.There was a market of specialities from the island, the parade by Sardinian people wearing their costumes as you can…

[May, 2011] This is a photo taken in Trani, Puglia in south Italy.I saw a lot of locks on the rail at the port.Similar views were seen all over Italy and also in Spain.

[May, 2011] Bari in Puglia, south Italy was my last destination for this journey.I was quite apprehensive because I had heard that Bari was a dangerous city many times.Even my colleague who was from this town…

[May, 2011] Trulli is a building with a pointed roof which you see in a part of Puglia in south Italy.The famous town for Trulli is Alberobello.This time, I did not visit Trulli towns, but…

[May, 2011] Orecchietta is a pasta which people in Puglia in south Italy often eat. Orecchio means a ear in Italian and this pasta looks like a small ear. This photo was taken in a…

[May, 2011] According to the guide book, Polignano in south Italy was founded by Greek and it has got the atmosphere of Greece even now.The town of white houses were there on top of the…

[May, 2011] A few decades ago, when my parents travelled to Italy, they learned the name of an Italian dish, mazzancolle. But I did not come across this at all and thought they had made…

[May, 2011] There is a fishing port in Monopoli, south Italy.When I was there, the fishing boats were just back and fishermen were handing their catch to fishmongers.An ordinary old man was passing by bicycle…