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Apulia

Church is Trulli, too

[ Mar.2013 ] When you go up the main slope of Alberobello in southern Italy, at the end you will find a church of Trulli style called Sant’Antonio.Apparently the hight of the dome is 19.8…

Italy

Accessory of leaves

[ Mar.2013] I found this accessory in the main street in Alberobello, southern Italy. These are real leaves and gold and silver are on top of it to make it solid. The name of the…

Apulia

Stay in a Trullo house

[Mar.2013] In Alberobello in southern Italy, we stayed in a hotel called Le Alcove, which was a real Trulli hotel. It was wonderful. The structure was very interesting, location was very good and the service…

Italy

They eat very well there

[Mar.2013] When I told my Italian friends that I was going to Puglia, south Italy, they all said ' si mangia bene'.It means something like 'they eat very well there'.The first meal we had in…

Apulia

The Trulli town, Alberobello

[Mar.2013] This Easter, we had a holiday in Puglia, south Italy with my family. The first destination was the famous Alberobello. There are about 1500 Trullo houses (Trulli in plural) here and the view is…

England

Battersea Power Station

[Apr.2013] When I saw this building first time from the window of a train many years ago, I could not help myself raising my voice. It was so familiar as a record cover of Pink…

England

Blue road

[ Apr.2013 ] Here in London, you mayhave noticed blue roads recently.I did not know until one of my Facebook friends told me, but this is a special road for cyclists.The purpose is to encourage…

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Quite good B&B

[ Apr.2009 ] In Sarajevo, I stayed in a hotel called Kandilj Pansion.I do not know how you pronounce it.It is too small to call it a hotel with about 10 rooms.It was convenient, located…

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mostar is the tourist destination

[ Apr.2009 ] Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a famous tourist destination. There were many tourists there, but individual one who came from Sarajevo by bus like me were minority. Most of them seemed…