Apulia

At night in Trani

[May, 2011] We were surprised by so many people gathering around in the town of Trani in Puglia in south Italy, when we arrived there. It seemed that some festival was going on. So we…

Apulia

A craft shop

[May, 2011] I love visiting craft shops while I am travelling.At Isole di Tremiti in south Italy, I could not see many of them, maybe because it is a small place and it was not…

Apulia

The sea around Tremiti

[May, 2011] The sea at Tremiti was so beautiful that I could not stop laughing.This is one of the best sea I have ever seen.It was a bit too cold to get in for me…

Apulia

Seeing Tremiti from the sea

[May, 2011] Isole Tremiti in the Adriatic Sea seems famous for diving and there were a lot of boats for that.But still, there were some ordinary tour boats, too and I took one of them.It…

Apulia

A place called Foggia

[May, 2011] Foggia is an inland town in Puglia, south Italy.When I arrived here, most of the shops were closed for their lunch break and the town was very quiet and lonely.I said lunch break,…

Apulia

De Chirico Exhibition

[May, 2011] When I visited Castel del Monte in Puglia in south Italy, they were holding an exhibition of Giorgio de Chirico.I always love his paintings, especially the one with a young girl running in…

Apulia

Castel del Monte

[May, 2011] This is the first site I visited in this trip to the Puglia in south Italy.This castle is one of the World Heritage places in Italy.Frederic 2 built it in 1240, but nobody…

Lombardy

Rigoletto

[March, 2011] In Mantova, there is a house of Rigoletto, a famous opera by Verdi.Rigoletto is not a real person, but the story was created with the image of this house.In the story of the…

Lombardy

Visiting Mantova

[March, 2011] One weekend when I felt that spring has come, I went to Mantova in Italy.It is a fairly big town with a lot to see such as  a castle and a palace and…