[December, 2011] The last night of my short trip to south Italy was spent in Altamura. When we arrived there, it was already dark, but quite many people were in the main street with a lot…

[December, 2011] While I was travelling southern Italy, I ate quite a lot of meat dishes.So for a change, I went to the nearest seaside to eat seafood.This is the beach of the place called Marina…

[December, 2011] I went to a hill top town called Montescaglioso, in southern Italy. There are things to see there, such as 11th century churches, but maybe because I went there after a surprising town of…

[December, 2011] This is a night view of Matera, southern Italy. It was marvelous!

[December, 2011] This year I saw quite a few cave churches, in Macedonia, in Ukraine and now in Matera in south Italy. When the Turkish Empire had a strong power, a lot of Christian monks must…

[December 2011] There is a museum in Matera in south Italy, which shows how people lived in Sassi, the cave house. They used dips in the cave to separate kitchen, bedroom, and so on, but basically…

[December, 2011] In Matera, the cave houses town in south Italy, the restaurants are in the caves, too. You can enjoy the atmosphere and eat quite different foods from the ones in the north like…

[December, 2011] This is a view of the spa in the hotel we stayed in Matera in south Italy. The hotel was one of the cave houses, so the spa was like a spring in…

[December, 2011] When we arrived in Matera in south Italy, the drum sound was resonant. So we went up to the main square and found the costumed people were marching. We asked a shop assistant…