Apulia

Maze at night

A small town called Putignano in Puglia in the southern Italy is famous for its carnival in February or March.People go there from all over Italy to see it, but apart from…

Italy

Barbershop

This is a photo of the barbershop which was right in front of our hotel. It seemed that an old man who …

Rome

Sounds of organ

One morning in Rome, the sound of organ woke us up. There was a church right next to the hotel and the sounds were from there. Our room was situated at the…

Italy

Purveyor to Japanese tourists?

Our last feast in Rome was at Da Felice a Testaccio, which was included in the list our friend made.It is in Testaccio area which used to be a working class town.But…

Rome

Where was the staircase?

This was my third visit to Rome, but my first visit to #Vatican #Museum.We booked the tickets about one week before, but a lot of slots were already full.We booked a tour…

Rome

Get fat in Rome

We crossed the Tiber and went into the area called Trastevere, where Bohemians used to gather. Here we went in to one of the restaurants called Bruno alla Lungaretta which we decided…

Rome

Could not take a photo of The Mouth of Truth

In the famous old Hollywood film ”#Roman #Holiday”, Gregory Peck pretends that his hand was cut to surprise Audrey Hepburn at the Mouth of Truth.This Mouth is situated at the end of…

Rome

Living in a ruin

This is a photo of #Theatre of #Marcellus in Rome.It was completed in 13 AD.The diameter was 111m and it could contain 11000 – 20000 people.In the 4th century, they stopped using…

Rome

My Fair Lady in Italian

We saw the #musical, #”My Fair Lady” in Rome.It was in Italian.The sentence, “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain” plays a major part in the story.In cockney, they pronounce…