Italy

[ 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…

[ 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…

[ May, 2014 ] I walked in the China Town in Milan in Italy for the first time.They call it China Town, but there were not brilliant gates like in London.Just many Chinese shops were…

[ Feb.2014 ] We went to Muggia from Trieste by ferry.Muggia is even closer to the border.Fortunatelly, we had a very good weather and the view with fishing boats, fishermen, fishing nets and so on…

[ Feb.2014 ] The weather was fine on the third day of our stay in Trieste in Italy.We decided to go to Muggia, a fishing village which is even closer to the border.We arrived at…

[ Feb.2014 ] In Trieste, there was a Nazi concentration camp.This was the only one in Italy with the crematory.It is called Risiera di San Sabba and it was originally a rice threshing factory.Naturally it…

[ Feb.2014 ] This castle situated outside of Trieste in Italy is facing the sea and looks similar to “Swallow’s Nest”, a castle in Cremea Peninsula in the Black Sea.This Miramare Castle was built by…

[ Feb.2014 ] On the way back from shopping to the hotel, we saw someone playing the grandpiano at one corner in Piazza della Borsa in Trieste, Italy.There was a roof above him, but nonetheless…

[ Feb.2014 ] When we walked around the newer part of Trieste, I noticed a pair of green boots in a shop window.It happened to be the last stage of winter sale.At first I thought…