Italy

Fancy Dress

[ Oct.2015 ] We got off the gondola in Venice and walked for a bit, then I found this shop which offers the service of renting out their costumes and taking photos of you. I…

Italy

Going Up the Campanile

[ Oct.2015 ] We decided to go up the Campanile soon after we left our luggage in the hotel near Piazza San Marco. It is a tower whose height is 98.6 metres, but there is…

Venice

Buy Murano Glass

[ Nov.2012] I went to Murano island which is famous for its glass making from Venice.It took 40 minutes by Water Bus No.4.When we all got off at last, there was a not-so-impressive old man…

Venice

Golden Basilica di San Marco

[ Nov.2012 ] I went into Basilica di San Marco in Venice.The golden ceiling and the marble floor are marvelous.To enter into the church is free, but if you want to see the gold screen…

Venice

‘Phoenix’ theatre

[ Nov.2012] I visited the famous Teatro La Fenice in Venice.It was only a visit unfortunately.This theatre is exactly like its name, phoenix.From the first, this was open in 1792 to be a successor of…

Venice

Fantastic scenery

[ Nov.2012] After dinner I had near Piazza San Marco in Venice, I came back to the Piazza itself and got really surprised to see the fantstic scenery.The water which once went down, had come…

Venice

You’d better not to eat near Piazza San Marco

[ Nov.2012 ] On the second night in Venice, we went to eat in a restaurant near Piazza San Marco.We asked the hotel receptoinist for his recommendation and he said ‘Around the San Marco, it…

Venice

Snail staircase

[ Nov.2012 ] The man of the handmade mask shop recommended me to visit this Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo.It is the end of 15th century building and the staircase remined them of the shell of…

Venice

Buy hand-made masks

[Nov.2012] Crossing over Rialto bridge in Venice and turning left after a bit of walk, you are in a narrow street full of small shops. Here I came across a shop selling hand-made masks. There…