Italy

[ Nov.2012] I visited the famous Teatro La Fenice in Venice.It was only a visit unfortunately.This theatre is exactly like its name, phoenix.From the first, this was open in 1792 to be a successor of…

[ Nov.2012] After dinner I had near Piazza San Marco in Venice, I came back to the Piazza itself and got really surprised to see the fantstic scenery.The water which once went down, had come…

[ Nov.2012 ] On the second night in Venice, we went to eat in a restaurant near Piazza San Marco.We asked the hotel receptoinist for his recommendation and he said ‘Around the San Marco, it…

[ Nov.2012 ] The man of the handmade mask shop recommended me to visit this Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo.It is the end of 15th century building and the staircase remined them of the shell of…

[Nov.2012] Crossing over Rialto bridge in Venice and turning left after a bit of walk, you are in a narrow street full of small shops. Here I came across a shop selling hand-made masks. There…

[ Nov 2012] On the day Venice was flooded, I went down to the hotel lobby early in the morning.Just about the same time, two Japanese women came down, too.We looked at the entrance of…

[ Nov.2012] I had a walk in flooded Venice in the morning.I took a Water Bus to San Marco and got off to find that it was impossible to walk on because the lower ground…

[Nov.2012] That day, Venice was flooded because the sea water level went up to the historical level.Early in the morning around 5:30am, I heard an alert siren, followed by three consecutive electronic sounds repeatedly, as…

[ Nov.2012 ] Whenever I find a model of a local house in my travelling, I purchase it, because it is a great memory.I found one in Venice, too.When I entered the shop, the streets…