Italy

[ July, 2015 ] One of the other places we wanted to go to in Calabria in southern Italy was a town called Stilo, which is on the slope of a mountain. We looked up…

[ July, 2015 ] Calabria, in Italy, is famous for producing bergamot orange. Bergamot is a kind of citrus fruit, but it cannot be eaten on its own and is used for perfumes and tea. There…

[ July, 2015 ] The book we bought in Locri, in southern Italy, talked about a small inland town called Gerace, which made me want to visit there. So we waited for the infrequent local bus. Apparently,…

The day we went to Locri, in southern Italy, was a hot day. I was thirsty so we went to a bar within the station and ordered Crodino (a non-alcoholic drink). The middle aged man…

[ July, 2015 ] We visited Locri, which is a bit south of Roccella Jonica, where we stayed in southern Italy. The reason we went there is that apparently this was an ancient Greek town…

[ July, 2015 ] After walking around the lovely town of Scilla in southern Italy, we went to the beach to have a rest. Here, the water was very clean and clear, and the water…

[ July, 2015 ] We went all the way from Roccella Jonica in southern Italy, by train, to a town called Scilla. The railway station was near the beach and from there we could see…

[ July, 2015 ] This is the swimming pool in the hotel we stayed in Roccella Jonica in Calabria, southern Italy. We don’t usually spend time at the poolside in hotels, but this time we went…

[ July, 2015 ] Calabria, in the south of Italy, where we visited this time is a part of “Magna Graecia (great Greece)”. It is an area where the Ancient Greeks settled, so many of…