Emilia Romagna

Visconti village

We went on a day trip from Milan in Italy to a village called Grazzano Visonti in Emilia-Romagna. Speaking of Visconti, it is the family who had great power mainly in Milan in…

Lombardy

Roman cuisine in northern Italy

After returning home from the summer holiday in Sicily, we went to northern Italy for some business. Although it wasn’t a holiday, we made a reservation at a restaurant of Roman cuisine in…

Syracuse

Visiting a mansion on the last evening

We spent more than two weeks in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, but now it’s finally the last night. On our usual evening walk, when we came to Piazza Duomo in Ortigia, we found the…

Syracuse

Large catacombs

On the last day of our summer holiday in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, we went to see the catacombs that we wanted to see and had not done yet. This is not in Ortigia,…

Syracuse

By train which is just before retirement

Our summer holiday, staying in Siracusa, Sicily, Italy is almost ending. The next day after returning from an overnight trip to Modica and Ragusa, we went to the beach for the last time…

Sicily

Very good lunch in Ragusa Ibla

After finishing the fulfilling tour in Ragusa Ibla, an inland historic town in Sicily, we had lunch. Recommended by the manager of the hotel where we stayed, we sought out a restaurant called…

Sicily

People who makes the traditional carts

After visiting the Baron’s family in Ragusa Ibla, a historic town in Sicily, Baron Arezzo took us to a traditional cart workshop. This workshop, Cinabro Carrettieri, is the final stop of the tour….

Sicily

Visit a Baron family

We visited the Baron family in the historic town of Ragusa Ibla in Sicily. It sounds grand, but in fact it’s part of the tour. But it was the Baron himself who showed us around….

Sicily

Small but elegant theatre

During the tour in Ragusa Ibla in Sicily, Italy, we went to a theatre called Teatro Donnafugata. The entrance we went through was so simple that I thought it might be a side…