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London

Sage Dance Company

[Oct. 2021] I learned about the Sage Dance Company in London earlier this year. It is unique among many dance companies. What is it that it is so unique? The age. You must be at…

Piedmont

The skillful young chef, Toshiro

[Oct. 2021] In Vercelli, a town in Piedmont, Italy, we had lunch at a restaurant called Ristorante Le Risaie. As usual, my husband found the restaurant on the internet, and the name of the chef…

Piedmont

A town called Vercelli

[October 2021] We went to a town called Vercelli in Piedmont, northern Italy. Apparently this is the capital of rice in Europe. Certainly, when we were walking in the town, there was a rice shop….

Lombardy

We intended to go sightseeing in Sirmione

[Oct 2021] I remember that Sirmione, located on the shores of Lake Garda in the Lake District of northern Italy, is a lovely town with a castle. This time, during our stay in Seregno, we…

Lombardy

Revisited 2 restaurants in Monza

[Oct. 2021] We used to live in Monza half of our time, a town north of Milan, Italy. Even after we stopped living there, we used to visit Monza a lot, so we are very…

Lombardy

Overlook Lake Como from a mountain

[Oct. 2021] While staying in Seregno in Lombardy, Italy, we went on an excursion with my husband’s family to the mountains above Lake Como with two cars. It was a mountain called Monte San Primo…

Lombardy

Seregno and piano

[Oct. 2021] Soon after we started staying in Seregno, a small town in Lombardy, Italy, we noticed a sign that announced an outdoor piano concert. It said they would light candles and include some dances….

Lombardy

Stay at Airbnb in Seregno

[Sept. 2021] The town of Seregno in Lombardy, Italy, is about 30 kilometers north of Milan, right in the middle of the towns of Milan and Como. We rented an Airbnb in this town and…