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joined the Photomarathon in Rome

[ May 2017 ] Our main purpose for this short holiday in Rome was to join the Photomarathon. This is a kind of photo competition that participants keep taking photos for a day, based on…

Restaurants

skewered mutton and small pizza

[ Nov.2017 ] The last meal we had in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy was skewered mutton. As you can see from the photo above, they looked like Japanese yakitori, but they were not…

Food

dishes of Rome

We got up very early again, this time to go to Rome. This was the first time I had been to Fiumicino Airport in Rome in 35 years, though we went through there for transit…

Hotels

Hotel in Rome

[ Nov.2013 ] We stayed in #Hotel Portoghesi in the historical part of #Rome.It is a three star hotel, but they renovated an old building very nicely and our room had a good atmosphere including…

Transports

fly to Italy during the pandemic

[ Aug.2020 ] At the end of August this year, we were originally planning to go to Japan. But Japan has been virtually adopting a national isolation, so our flight was cancelled. Instead, we decided…