Italy

Palio

This was the second time for me to visit Volterra in Tuscany of Italy. This time we saw a lot of flags all over the town. According to the pizza restaurant,…

Italy

Alabaster

The ‘clothes’ on the photo look quite real, but you cannot wear them. Volterra in Tuscaly in Italy has been famous as a source of Alabaster since ancient Etruscan time. Alabaster…

Tuscany

Selling by weight

In Volterra in Tuscany in Italy, we found one accessory shop which reproduce the ancient designs of Etruscans. The shop is called Fabula Etrusca and it is a cooperative of 5…

Italy

Etruscans

I remember learning about Etruscans in the history class at school long long time ago. Apparently they were the people who lived in Italy before the ancient Roman Empire. Their main…

Spain

Pintxo breakfast

We stayed in a hotel called Tryp Bilbao Arenal in the old town of Bilbao in Spain.It is a quite ordinary three star hotel, but the location was very good.At the…

Bilbao

Children’s clothing

This is not only in the Basque country, but in Spain generally, we often see children’s shops selling very elegant clothes. Usually the colours are pale and have the feeling that…

Spain

Sardines

After crossing Vizcaya Bridge in Getxo in Spain, we walked on and on to find the restaurant which the leaflet we got from the hotel recommended.It was just next to the…

Spain

Vizcaya Bridge

The highlight of Getxo in Spain is this Vizcaya Bridge, which is listed as a World Heritage. The height is 50 metre and the length is 160 metre and it was…

Spain

Wealthy town

We walked in Getxo in Spain as the leaflet of the hotel recommended, but it was very long way. From the point of the old port, we had to cover whole…