Celtic music here
[ June, 2013 ] On the way back from Varese Lake in north Italy, I came across a small concert.The main instrument was bagpipe, so I thought it could be an Irish group.But in fact…
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The quiet lake
[ June, 2013 ] The days are very long in Europe around this time of the year.In the evening that day, the blue sky was so beautiful that I suddenly decided to visit Varese Lake.It…
A political festival
[ June, 2013 ] On one Saturday when we had a hail storm, I was invited to a festival in Cinisello, a town near Milan.The festival was called Festa dell’Unita and supposed to have music…
The way children grow up
[ June, 2013 ] In the restaurant in Piacenza in Italy, my table was close to the one of one big family.In this season, they have many ceremonies like Confirmation or First Communion in Italy.This…
‘Toccata and Fugue’ in a church
[ June, 2013 ] In San Francesco chuch in Piacenza in Italy, I had a wonderful experience.After looking around in the church, I was called by one local man in Japanese,”Are you Japanese?”.He is Father…
A picture of Raffaello
[ June 2013 ] In the Farnese Palace in Piacenza in taly, they were holding an exhibition on Raffaello’s ‘”Sistine Madonna”.This painting is famous for two angels with vacant expression painted below Madonna.It is now…
The rise and fall
[June, 2013] On one Sunday when we felt summer for the first time this year, I went to Piacenza in Emilia Romagna from Milan.When I got off the car, this huge Fernese Palace was in…
The castle was my shelter from the rain
[ May, 2013 ] After having a nice meat dish for my lunch in Brescia in north Italy, I went up the hill to help my digestion towards the Brescia Castle.It was built in the…
Excursion to Brescia
[ May, 2013 ] On a sunny Sunday, I went to Brescia where I could not go in April.This is the second largest city in Lombardy region in north Italy, after Milan and has got…
