Sardinia

All the way to Ulassai

[August, 2010] Away from the tourists on the beach, I went into the inland of Sardinia, which is full of high mountains.Today’s destination is Ulassai, a village with houses on top of each other on…

Apulia

White Town of Ostuni in Puglia

[September, 2009] Ostuni has got a wow effect, when you see the town on top of a hill surrounded by olive trees in Puglia, south Italy.This town is in white!  The day I visited there,…

Italy

The Cathedral in Siena

[July, 2010] It was too late to look all around Siena, but I managed to see Campo and the Duomo. Also I came across a parade of the famous Palio winner. Palio took place a…

Italy

A Wonderful View of San Gimignano

[July, 2010] San Gimignano is famous for its towers. I went up one of them and looked down the town, which was wonderful. This town appeared in the film ‘Tea with Mussolini’.

Italy

A Balcony in Montepulciano

[Aug.2010] Montepulciano is a pretty town in Tuscany. We stayed in an old hotel with a balcony, which had a good atmosphere. The landlady of the hotel told us that there used be a lot…

Italy

Pienza, another pretty town in Tuscany

[July, 2010] I dropped in a small town of Pienza in Tuscany because the hotel landlady in Montepulciano recommended. It is an another pretty town in Tuscany, which is listed in the Unesco World Heritage…

Italy

Another lunch in Arezzo

[July, 2010] I came back to Arezzo for lunch in July. This was the second visit of mine to this city and I felt familiar.

Sardinia

Traditional dress in Sardinia

[August, 2010] I was taking pictures as usual in a small village in Sardinia.I tried to take a picture of a lady in black but she started to run away, so I respected her reserve.After some…

Italy

Having a Lunch in Arezzo

[May, 2010] On the way to the south, of course I got hungry. So I stopped in a pretty town called Arezzo in Tuscany. The restaurant  I was planning to go was closed, and a…