Italy

Painting of Francesca

The main attraction in Arezzo in Italy would be the paintings in Church of San Francesco. This “Legend of the True Cross” was painted by Piero della Francesca from 1452 to 1466…

Italy

House of Vasari

In Arezzo in Italy, we visited the house of Giorgio Vasari who was a painter as well as an architect in the 16th century. He is also known as an author of…

Italy

How to make a ring

The Basilia of San Francesco in Arezzo in Italy is famous for 15th century’s Pietro della Francesca’s paintings, but to see this you have to book in advance. We were there in…

Italy

Biggest antique market in Italy

The main purpose of our visit to Arezzo in Italy was to see some paintings that my friend wanted to see, but the weekend we were there happened to be the huge…

Italy

Hotel of a satiric writer

We stayed in a hotel called Hotel l’Aretino which was on a corner of the bustling shopping streets. It was very ordinary three star hotel. Both room and breakfast were nothing special….

Italy

We arrived at night

We visited a small part of Tuscany with a couple of our friends this autumn. The first destination was Arezzo. When we finally arrived, it was already dark. This is the main…

India

The last chaos

This is a photo I took in a town where we stopped after lunch for petrol. I do not know where exactly this was or even its name. Until around here, the…

Shimla

Toy train

From Shimla in India, we came back to the lower world by Toy Train. I was expecting something cute as they called it Toy Train, but in fact it was an ordinary…

India

Shrewd monkeys in India

We visited Monkey Temple (Jakhu Temple), too, in Shimla in India. A god called Hanuman who belongs to monkey trive in Indian myth is enshrined here. There were not only kitsch statues,…