Ginza

A big building with greens, beautiful!

There are many high brand shops

Ginza Place

Lunch at Taiwanese restaurant 

Tea and cake

I went to Ginza since 2020. There are many tourists. I like to see a lot of interesting buildings and stuffs.

That was fun.

 

Rome 1 (Spanish steps, Trevi fountain and Colosseum)

One day in autumn, we went to The Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain.

"The Spanish Steps" is famous for the movie

"Roman Holiday". It is a American comedy in 1953. The beautiful actress, Audrey Hepburn starred and Gregory Peck played one journalist. In this movie they ate gelato(Italian ice cream), after that people loved to eat gelato there. But now prohibited.

At the bottom of the Spanish Steps is the "Barcaccia Fountain".

The French church ``Trinita dei Monti'' is located at the top of the Spanish Steps. This church was built in the 16th century.

Vatican city seen from the church.

"Trevi Fountain" is very famous place in Rome. Every time it is very crowded! There are gorgeous sculptures and beautiful building there. 

People stand close to the water and then throw coins into the water. 

Why?

you throw one coin, you will return to Rome.                                                                                   

Colosseo (Colosseum) built up 80AD. At the old era, graduators battled and hunted many animals (Lions, Giraffes and rhinoceros and so on). It could be violent, but at that time in history people enjoyed to watch the shows. 

Currently, renovation work is progressing and musicians are now performing.

Arch of Constantine was founded AD 315. 

This is the model of colosseum.

 

Driving Amalfi coast and visiting a ceramic town "Vietri"

In the Province of Salerno of Italy's Campania region, there is the beautiful coast, named Amalfi. It is a 51 mile (31 km) stretched. 

There are some beautiful beaches.

During summer season there are many tourists and locals and it is very crowded.

There are some churches there, the most famous one is Amalfi Cathedral.

The first time we went there was the end of October.  We wore a light jacket.

A little bit of rain and it was cloudy day, however the coast line was so beautiful!

Also one Italian guy took us on a private tour and we took the elevator to the nice view point.

We saw one donkey and the man delivered milk.

Vietri is known as one of the famous ceramic towns in Italy.

On the narrow street, there are many ceramic shops. Their designs are unique.

We had lunch at one of famous restaurant in Amalfi.

The guide said some famous American actors and actresses ate here too!

Of course the food was delicious!

Amalfi coast is very difficult to drive because the street is very narrow and steep. Also some points are not easy to see.  

If you're interested in visiting this place, there are some bus/boat tours. 

The best season to visit is spring and early autumn, summer is very crowded and hot!

Pompeii

 We have visited Pompeii twice. It is a very historical and interesting place.

It was a rainy day,

Bill was enjoying😄

 An old bath

This is a fast food place in Pompeii. People can have soup/food.

At  AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, Pompeii was close to this mountain

 and this town was destroyed by high heat and volcanic ash.

  For our second visit, it was a fine day and we also had a good tour guide.

There are some small stones on this street. 

Because during that old era, they didn't have electric devices and also no candles. 

At night time, small white stones reflected the "moonlight" so people could see.

The streets have two layers. When there was heavy rain, People could walk on the upper one. 

In the  middle of the street, we can see some stones. They look like a "Cross Walk". 

 

This is a bath too. When people used this bath, they could see the beautiful garden below.

There are some beautiful pictures in the bath rooms. 

We imagine they enjoyed their bath time very much and the baths are a 

very important place for them during that era.

On the street there are some small wells.

"Temple of Apollo" was built in 120 BC.

"Temple of Jupiter" was built in the mid-2nd century BC.

If you have a chance to visit Pompeii, I recommend the tour because it's a very huge place and the guided tour gave us much information. it was fun!

You can see some displays in the museum.

During that era people had big lunch, one big reason is that they can cook in the day time because it's bright and at night time they didn't have any light. So they ate the leftovers at dinner.

Still Italian people have a big lunch and they follow the old style even now!