Italy

[Aug. 2022] This day was the day when “living” came first during our stay-type holiday in Syracuse, Sicily. As I wrote before, this Airbnb was almost 100 percent comfortable, but there was no washing machine….

[Aug. 2022] The final destination of our boat trip starting from the port of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy, was a cove in a nature reserve. The Libeccio wind was strong, so the boatman changed his…

[Aug. 2022] I continue talking about our summer holiday in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. Since it was summer holiday, we had to go swimming, so on this day, after a light lunch of octopus salad, we…

[Aug. 2022] In Syracuse on the island of Sicily in Italy, there is a place called the Neapolis Archaeological Park, where ruins such as a Greek theatre from the 5th century BC and a Roman…

[ Aug.2022 ] Sicily has a unique culture among Italy, and one of them is the puppet show. On the third day after we started “living” in Syracuse, we went to see the puppet show….

[ Aug.2022 ] We took a walk around Island of Ortigia, the old town of Syracuse, a historic town in Sicily, Italy. According to the guidebook, the Duomo and its square seemed to be the…

[October 2021] We went to a town called Vercelli in Piedmont, northern Italy. Apparently this is the capital of rice in Europe. Certainly, when we were walking in the town, there was a rice shop….

[Oct. 2021] Soon after we started staying in Seregno, a small town in Lombardy, Italy, we noticed a sign that announced an outdoor piano concert. It said they would light candles and include some dances….

[Sept. 2021] On the second day in Florence, Italy, I was planning to go to Piazzale Michelangelo, which is famous as a scenic spot, and see the sun set. However, when I drank the pink…