First visit to Cremona in 7 years
[ Jan.2018 ] At one weekend with fine weather, we realised we had no appointments, so we went to Cremona in Lombardy, from Milan in Italy. We have not been there for seven years. Cremona is…
Restaurants in Italy
Skewered mutton and small pizza
[ Nov.2017 ] The last meal we had in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy was skewered mutton. As you can see from the photo above, they looked like Japanese yakitori, but they were not…
Hardware shop, bagpipe and lovely lunch
[ Nov.2017 ] We went to a town called Guardiagrele which is inland of Abruzzo in the middle of Italy. This town has been famous for its metalworks since medieval times, so we went in…
To Chieti on the hill
[ Nov. 2017 ] On the second day of our visit to Abruzzo in the middle of Italy, we went to a town called Chieti which is about 13 km inland from Pescara. Our visit…
Stayed in a B&B and had great seafood
[ Nov.2017 ] We stayed in a B&B called Maison Fleurie in Pescara, a seaside town in Abruzzo in the middle of Italy. B&B’s in England are usually bigger but ordinary residential houses where the…
Meat dish in Solferino
[ Oct.2017 ] I saw a weird photo of a wall with many skulls on a website and found out that it was in a town called Solferino which is not too far from Milan…
To Piedmont for wine
[ Sept.2017 ] Piedmont in Italy is not only beautiful with gently sloping hills, but also famous for its wine. We went there to buy some bottles some years ago from Milan just for a…
Church of Montevergini and the best meal of the holiday
[ July 2017 ] After seeing the cathedral, we headed for the next church, the Church of Montevergini in Noto in the south of Sicily in Italy. We found it easily, but the staff was…
Strictly local foods
[ June 2017 ] In the weekend in June when the temperature went up to 35 degrees, we had an excursion from Milan to Monte Isola, an island on Lake Iseo in Italy. It took…
