Lombardy

[ Nov.2018 ] We found that we unexpectedly had one day free, so we went to Sabbioneta, about 160km south east of Milan. The reason we chose this place is that when my husband was…

[ Apr.2018 ] The main airports in Milan in Italy are Linate and Marpensa, but some of the cheap flight companies use the one in Bergamo as a Milan airport. Bergamo is about 40km northeast…

[ Jan.2018 ] In Cremona in Lombardy in northern Italy, we went to a small concert. Of course it was a violin concert and the ticket was only €7. It was an event where a…

[ Oct.2017 ] Solferino, where we visited from Milan in Italy for one day, is famous for a battle. On 24th of June, 1859, during the war between Austria and the allied forces of Italy…

[ Nov.2015 ] Lake Como has the shape of  upside down “Y”. When you move from north to south, you will find the town of Bellagio at the tip of the land where the lake divides…

[ Jan.2015 ] There is a Royal Villa in Monza in Lombardy, Italy.They have been working for the restoration for a long time, but now a part of it opened to public.We are only allowed…

[ Jan.2015 ] In the site of Royal Villa in Monza, a town in the north Italy, they had an exhibition of De Chirico.He is one of my favourite painters.He was born in Greece in…

[ July, 2014 ] I had an opportunity to attend a wedding in Italy.This was my second experience of the Italian wedding.The first one was held in an old stone church, which was aesthetic, but…

[ June, 2014 ] In the festival at the castle of Trezzo sull’Adda near Milan, there were three cartoonists performing their works.Cartoons seem popular in Italy, too, and many people were surrounding their desk.That reminded…