Italy

[ Sept.2015 ] I was looking forward to eating at the EXPO in Milan, because the theme of EXPO was food. However,  it was not easy as there were so many people there. The reputation…

[ Sept.2015 ] This year, Milan is hosting an EXPO with the theme of “food” from May to the end of October. We went there finally in September. By then, it had been on for…

[ Sept.2015 ] A gospel choir of 500 voices sang in front of Duomo in Milan. This was the third time they had performed, following 2011 and 2014. There was a fence behind the seats…

[ Sept.2015 ] You can find Novara in Piedmont in Italy from far away, because the cupola of the Basilica of San Gaudenzio rises up very high. We thought this must be the centre of…

[ Sept.2015 ] We had a day out to a town called Novara, in Piedmont in Italy. This is a crossroad linking Milan and Turin, and Genoa and Switzerland. On the day we were there,…

[ Sept.2015 ] We had a chance to visit an event to celebrate the golden and silver wedding anniversaries of the people in Cinisello Balsamo, which is in the suburbs of Milan. The couples who…

[ July, 2015 ] On the last day of our summer holiday in Calabria, southern Italy, we had a few hours before the flight, so we went to see the Aragonese Castle in Reggio di Calabria….

[ July, 2015 ] Rabarama is the pseudonym of the sculptor of this work. When you walk along the promenade in Reggio di Calabria in southern Italy, you will never fail to see this. Not…

[ July, 2015 ] In Reggio di Calabria in southern Italy, there is a promenade called Lungomare Falcomata. We had a walk here together with a great many local people in an evening. First, we…