Milan

Latin America Festival in Milan

[June, 2011] In Milan, the Latin America festival is held every year from end of June to mid August.I went there for the first time this year.There were shops, concerts, restaurants and so on, but…

Lombardy

Cow bells

[June, 2011] The sound of cow bells is a part of the atmosphere of the Alps and make people feel rather happy.It is a good sound, but for cows it is the 24 hours’ sound…

Lombardy

To Alps

[June, 2011] I went to the Alps from Milan.I took the rope-way from place called Moggio and arrived at Pian d’Artavaggio.This is the place you cannot help singing the theme song of ‘Heidi’ (Japanese animation–famous…

Lombardy

Garda Lake in rain

[June, 2011] One Saturday, after 5pm, suddenly we decided to go to Desenzano, a town on the Garda Lake in Italy. When we arrived, it was not raining, but soon it started and became like…

Lombardy

Sardinia Festival

[May, 2011] One weekend in May, there was Sardinia Festival in Monza, a northern Italian town.There was a market of specialities from the island, the parade by Sardinian people wearing their costumes as you can…

Apulia

Another view with locks

[May, 2011] This is a photo taken in Trani, Puglia in south Italy.I saw a lot of locks on the rail at the port.Similar views were seen all over Italy and also in Spain.

Apulia

Bari

[May, 2011] Bari in Puglia, south Italy was my last destination for this journey.I was quite apprehensive because I had heard that Bari was a dangerous city many times.Even my colleague who was from this town…

Apulia

A view with Trulli

[May, 2011] Trulli is a building with a pointed roof which you see in a part of Puglia in south Italy.The famous town for Trulli is Alberobello.This time, I did not visit Trulli towns, but…

Apulia

White town of Polignano

[May, 2011] According to the guide book, Polignano in south Italy was founded by Greek and it has got the atmosphere of Greece even now.The town of white houses were there on top of the…