Chile

La Moneda Palace

This is the photo of La Moneda Palace, the presidential palace in Santiago in Chile. ‘Moneda’ means coins and it used to be the mint. This building was built by Joaquin Toesca,…

Chile

Gorgeous cathedral

We popped in to the Metropolitan Cathedral in Santiago in Chile. It was a gorgeous church like a palace, which was too good to look at it quickly (we did not have…

Chile

Fish market

The next destination of our tour of Santiago, Chile, was the indoor fish market called Mercado Central. As soon as we went in, some of the waiters of the small canteens called us….

Chile

Lapis lazuli

One of the things I was looking forward to in this South America tour was ‘stones’. Chile is the one of the major sources of Lapis Lazuli. This stone has an ultramarine…

Chile

To San Cristobal Hill

We arrived in Santiago, the capital city of Chile. Straight away we went out sightseeing. This time we were in a tour (only 4 people, though), so we did not have any…

Spain

Long journey

This photo is the ceiling of Madrid airport which I talked about in the past, too. I am always impressed by this stylish design. This time, we arrived here very late at…

England

Restaurant of the butcher

I would like to introduce a restaurant we went in London which we were very satisfied with. As you can see from their name, Macellaio Roberto Costa, it is an Italian restaurant….

Italy

Huge craft market in Milan

We came to Milan, Italy, for work, but found one afternoon for free. So we looked up on the internet to see if there was anything to see in the town and…

England

Seeing a film at Leicester Square

We went to Leicester Square in London, England, to see a film for the first time in a while. Here is the place you can see actors and directors walking on the…