Italy

Carabinieri

[ June, 2014 ] After seeing the festival in Bettolle, a small town in Tuscany in Italy, we drove for a while looking for the restaurant we had found in the internet. We followed the…

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Old-time wedding

[ June, 2014 ] In a small town of Bettolle in Tuscany in Italy, there was a festival of an old time wedding. I do not know how they chose them, but some of the…

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Cortona

[ June, 2014 ] This time in Tuscany in Italy, we stayed in Cortona. While we were driving in the plain, we could see the town on the hillside from far away. I learned later…

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View

[ May, 2014 ] After we went out of the town of Volterra in Tuscany, Italy, we found a space where we could park and see the view. It was already early evening and the…

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Ancient Roman theatre

[ May, 2014 ] In Volterra in Tuscany there is a fine ruin of an ancient Roman theatre. You can see it from the cliff at the edge of the old town. I looked up…

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Palio

[ May, 2014 ] This was the second time for me to visit Volterra in Tuscany of Italy. This time we saw a lot of flags all over the town. According to the pizza restaurant,…

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Alabaster

[ May, 2014 ] The ‘clothes’ on the photo look quite real, but you cannot wear them. Volterra in Tuscaly in Italy has been famous as a source of Alabaster since ancient Etruscan time. Alabaster…

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Etruscans

[ May, 2014 ] I remember learning about Etruscans in the history class at school long long time ago. Apparently they were the people who lived in Italy before the ancient Roman Empire. Their main…

Como

Excursion to Como Lake

[ May 2014 ] On a very sunny Saturday, we went to Como Lake from Milan with a young family.It is an most convenient resort from Milan, which takes just over one hour by car.The…