Poland

Building Which Used to be a Prison

The first place we visited in Gdansk in Poland was a building which used to be a prison and a torture chamber. It was built originally in the 14th century as a…

Gdansk

Beer with Honey and Our Meal

Our hotel in Gdansk in Poland was located in the Old Town, which was not that exciting, but fortunately the restaurant recommended on the internet was just around the corner. It was…

Poland

To Gdansk

We went to Gdansk in Poland. The first thing you remember about Gdansk is “Solidarity”, isn’t it? The trade union created by the workers of the dockyard there led the country to…

Italy

Camparino

A friend of mine from Japan said that she read about the bar of Campari in the in-flight magazine on the way to Milan, so we decided to go there. It is situated…

Piedmont

Nizza Monferrato

On the day we went to Piedmont with my Japanese friend, after eating a great lunch, we moved on to Nizza Monferrato. She read a novel recently that was set in this…

Italy

Newly Listed as a World Heritage

A friend of mine came over from Japan, so we went to Piedmont in Italy. She has got the second grade of UNESCO’s World Heritage certificate and she told us that this…

Italy

Pavilions and Participants

My favourite pavilion in the EXPO in Milan was Chilian. Chile is a long country from north to south and they showed the diversity of their production and culture very well. The…

Italy

What we Ate at EXPO

I was looking forward to eating at the EXPO in Milan, because the theme of EXPO was food. However,  it was not easy as there were so many people there. The reputation…

Italy

EXPO in Milan

This year, Milan is hosting an EXPO with the theme of “food” from May to the end of October. We went there finally in September. By then, it had been on for…