Italy

[February, 2012] If you have been to the Galleria in Milan, you may know about this mosaic bull.You step on his vital spot on your heel and spin 3 times, then you will be lucky.Therefore, there…

[February, 2012] The area around the Duomo is the centre of the city and there are always a lot of people here. I wonder if I call ‘Marco!’, how many people would turn around. There…

[January, 2012] This theatre was built and used when The Scala in Milan was closed for renovation in 2002.Now The Scala is open, but this one is still used as a proper theatre.I went to…

[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…