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…

Italy

A Gospel Choir of 500 Voices

A gospel choir of 500 voices sang in front of Duomo in Milan. This was the third time they had performed, following 2011 and 2014. There was a fence behind the seats…

Lombardy

A Major Source of Rice

We went to a restaurant called Antica Osteria ai Vini in the centre of Novara, a town in Piedmont in Italy. We chose this one because it had a good reputation on…

Italy

Basilica of San Gaudenzio

You can find Novara in Piedmont in Italy from far away, because the cupola of the Basilica of San Gaudenzio rises up very high. We thought this must be the centre of…

Piedmont

Unusual Instrument

We had a day out to a town called Novara, in Piedmont in Italy. This is a crossroad linking Milan and Turin, and Genoa and Switzerland. On the day we were there,…

Milan

Golden Wedding, Silver Wedding

We had a chance to visit an event to celebrate the golden and silver wedding anniversaries of the people in Cinisello Balsamo, which is in the suburbs of Milan. The couples who…

Germany

Could Not Visit Semper Oper

 The first time I heard about Dresden in Germany was in the phrase, “Dresden National Opera House” on TV and on the radio when I was a child. I looked it up…