Miyako-jima

To Miyako-jima

For the Easter holiday this year, we went back to Japan and extended our journey to Miyako-jima, one of the islands in Okinawa prefecture. Unfortunately, my husband injured his foot again, just…

Lombardy

The Gorgeous Temple in Lodi

The main reason we visited Lodi from Milan, which is about 30km away, was to see the octagon church, called Incoronata Temple. When we visited another town in Lombardy called Sabbioneta last…

Italy

The Cathedral in Lodi

The cathedral in Lodi, the town in Lombardy in the north of Italy, faces a large square called Piazza della Vittoria. The outside of the cathedral is rather simple and it is made…

Lombardy

The Restaurant in Lodi

We had some time before our flight, so we visited Lodi, a town which is about 30km southeast of Milan in Italy. It is not a world famous town, but it has…

Piedmont

Visiting the Palace of Venaria

The last thing we visited on the day was the Palace of Venaria itself, which is in Piedmont in the north of Italy. The last possible time people could get in was 5:30pm…

Piedmont

The Garden of the Palace of Venaria

One of the highlights of the Palace of Venaria in Piedmont in Italy is its garden. It is huge, with 50 hectares of land and there are snowy mountains of the Alps…