Italy

Ballet at Teatro Lirico

The topic of ballet continues. In March, we saw “Giulietta e Romeo” at the Teatro Lirico in Milan, Italy. It was our first time to visit this theatre. It is located near the…

Tokyo

Ballet at the New National Theatre

In February, when we were temporarily staying in Japan, we went to see a ballet at the New National Theatre in Tokyo with our friend from my high school. It was my first…

Tokyo

Sake and tofu meal

During our temporary return to Japan, two friends from my university days made reservations for a tour and a meal at Ozawa Sake Brewery in Okutama, Tokyo. “The sake brewery tour starts at…

Yokohama

The next day was sunny

On the second day in Yokohama, Japan, the sun was shining and completely opposite of the bad weather of the previous day. And it was warm, too. If we had planned this trip…

Yokohama

Thanks to our ‘angel’

We spent a whole month in February this year with my elderly mother in Japan. On this day, the whole family (mum, my sister and her husband and us) was supposed to travel…

Madrid

At the end of our travel

We returned to Madrid, the starting point of this trip, by train from Ávila in Spain. The station in Madrid we arrived after the journey, which took less than two hours on a…

Ávila

St. Teresa, the celebrity of this town

Ávila in Castile and León, Spain is famous for St. Teresa as well as its well-preserved medieval walls. Especially in the Christian world. St. Teresa was born in this town in 1515…

Ávila

The perfect wall

On the second day in Ávila, a world heritage town in Castile and León, Spain, we were able to climb the walls, which we really wanted to do. At the time of…