Apulia

The crowds of Martina Franca

We visited Martina Franca in southern Italy.The buildings there are much bigger and grander than the ones of Alberobello or Locorotondo.They are baroque houses apparently.I was surprised to see so many people…

Apulia

Buy lace knitted with affection

In Locorotondo, a small town in southern Italy, a shop was open on Easter Sunday.The name of the shop is Il Tempo Ritrovato and they sell a lot of lace products hand…

Apulia

Hanging old woman

When we entered Locorotondo, a small town in southern Italy, we noticed the dolls of old women in black hanging in the middle of the streets as you can see from the…

Apulia

Church is Trulli, too

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

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

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

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

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

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…