Italy

[ Apr.2013 ] I went to Teatro alla Scala again, this time for the ballet ‘ Giselle’.The main casts were world famous Roberto Bolle and Svetlana Zakharova, so it was difficult to get the tickets.I…

[ Apr.2013 ] The weather was fine on the holiday in late April, so we started from Milan towards Brescia in Italy. But the traffic jam was so bad that we gave up Brescia and…

[ Apr.2013 ] We went to a church to listen to the opera ‘La Boheme’ in Florence.It was performed by four main characters and a pianist.Four of them had really rich voices and we enjoyed…

[ Apr.2013 ] On the way back from our family holiday in south Italy, we flew from Bari to Pisa and spent one night in Florence mainly to satisfy my family’s desire for shopping.What we…

[ Apr.2013 ] The last destination in our family trip in Puglia, southen Italy was Polignano A Mare.I came here two years ago.This town was originally built by Greek and the houses are all white.This…

[ Apr.2013 ] On the last day of our trip in Puglia in south Italy, we went up north along the coast from Otranto to Bari.Early in the morning, the weather was fine and the…

[ Apr.2013 ] When you travel along the coast of Puglia, southern Italy, you will notice half broken towers dotted around.These are called Saracen Towers and they are watchtowers againt Saracens attack coming from the…

[ Apr.2013 ] We met this old man in Gallipoli, south Italy.He was knitting some sort of basket beside a road.We asked what they are.Apparently they are for catching fish.They are made so that once…

[ Apr.2013 ] As people often say, the shape of Italy is like a boot kicking a stone.On the day we travelled around the heel part, we arrived in Gallipoli in the early afternoon.The weather…