Italy

We tried Eataly

We went to Eataly, an up market Italian food shop for the first time.This shop is not merely selling Italian foodstuff, but they select only producers who have the passion for the…

England

A play at a small theatre

I went to see a play at a small theatre called Southwark Playhouse in London. I had not seen a play for a long time. The title was “Who Do We Think…

England

Skyscrapers in London

On one sunny Sunday, we had a walk around the City of London. As it was a weekend, there were not many people and those new skyscrapers were noticeable. The front of…

Umbria

Food market

The last place we visited in our Tuscany trip was Citta di Castello in Umbria. We went there because we had heard it is a beautiful place, but when we went into…

Italy

The town whose name is gravestone

The name of Sansepolcro, a town in Tuscany in Italy, where we stayed one night means ‘holy gravestone’. That is because this town was founded around 1000AD by two pilgrims who brought…

Tuscany

Ate too much

We went to a restaurant called Taverna Toscana in Sansepolcro in Italy, which was recommended by the hotel manager. This is a butcher as well and they say that if you want…

Italy

Countess’s room

“This used to be a room of a countess” said the hotel manager guiding us to this room. The atmosphere was wonderful. The ceiling was lovely, too. This room was large enough,…

Italy

Pretty village

Monterchi in Tuscany in Italy was a very pretty village. We went there to see a museum, but the village itself was worth visiting. There was only one restaurant in the square…

Italy

Madonna del Parto

This is a painting called ‘ Madonna del Parto’ by Piero della Francesca, the 15th century painter in Italy. It was introduced at the entrance of Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo,…