Italy

[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…

[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…

[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.

[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…

[May, 2010] The weather was bad at the beginning of the journey and I hesitated if I should go on or not, but in the end I decided to come to Portovenere, which was a…

[May, 2010] Unfortunately the next day was not sunny and the sea was rough so the sightseeing boat was cancelled.So I took the road to Riomaggiore, which was nice enough.The town, one of the famous…

[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…

[May, 2010] Pitigliano is situated at the south edge of Tuscany. It is a strikingly good looking town on the tuff cliff, but not many people visit here, maybe because it is not on the…

[May, 2010] I did not know this strangest town until a friend of mine told me that it inspired a Japanese cartoon drama called Laputa; Castle in the Sky.Well, I am not a cartoon fan,…