My cat Hi folks, have I ever tell you about my cat? Yes, I know! You can say: if you don't know who does? :-D. Well, let me start from scratch. It was 2004 when I started attending the University and in that period I moved to Bari. I was looking for a nice rental and, after a lot of research, I found a nice room rent in the center of Bari. My roommate's name was Sergio and he owned a very beautiful cat. After three or four months that cat got pregnant and finally delivered four wonderful little kittens. One of them was very special: it was light gray coloured with some white spots. I loved it from the first moment I saw it. Shortly after, my roommate decided to leave and he asked me what would I want to do. Then I decided to adopt it. Ten years it's been since that day! In these years we spent a lot of time together; sometimes it winded me up... but,it doesn't matter! She (can I use she for a cat when I consider it like a person?) is so tender!

My honeymooon Hi. Everybody, today I would like to talk with you about my honeymoon experience. My wife and I were married two years ago. We decided to get our honeymoon in an hot place, even though in my homeland the weather is not so cold (in july temperature can reach up 40 degrees). However after a lot of evaluations we decide to go in Africa, in particular in Zanzibar. The day we left Italy we drove from Bari to Rome and then we boarded into our airplane from Fiumicino Airport. The flight was relaxed and the day after we woke up over Kilimanjaro Mountain. We had breakfast and after few hours we landed in Zanzibar. The first approach wasn't soo good. You should see the airport building... it looks like it's falling apart, but it was only the first touch with Africa land. We catched our baggages and then we met our resort crew. We were so tired and so, once arrived into our resort we decided to have a short break. Following days were so exciting and full of activities: we spent a full day into Zanzibar Capital, then we went to a sandbank(arised from sea by tide effect) and we ate a lot of deliciousness. It was an awesome experience. People were so kind and open even though the extreme poverty. If someone asks me: should you back? I would answer: granted!

How many ways to serve an italian coffee... Hi folks, I'm back here in order to talk about coffee. How many ways to serve coffe are used in your country? In Italy there are so many ways that I can't describe them all in this article, but I just wanna give you some clues. The most common way, and probably the most known abroad, is obviously the "Espresso": few drops of intense and concentrated coffee. When you get into an Italian bar and just ask for a "coffee" you'll get an espresso coffee. That's the most common way, now let me describe the others: "macchiato" (with a spot of hot milk), "macchiato freddo" (with a spot of cold milk), "in ghiaccio", (served in a glass with ice), "espressino" or, in some part of country, "marocchino" (a coffee little bit watered down with a spot of frothy milk and sometimes but not always, with a thin layer of cocoa powder), "cappuccino" that's not really a coffee because it's made of 90% of milk and only 10% of coffee, "ristretto" (a more concentrated coffee), "lungo" (a more diluited coffee), "corretto" (literally "correct" in english which is a coffee with some alcoholic drink put together). There are many other ways, but I think it can be enough for now. See you next time

Easter tradition in South East Italy Hi everybody. Today I'd like to share with you some traditions used in Easter time in South Italy. First things first, as you know, Italy is a catholic country and so Easter is a really important event. It should be considered most important than Xmas. The week before Easter is usally called Holy Week and the most part of events are tightly scheduled in three days: Holy Thurday, Holy Friday and Holiday Saturday. In these days, many common celebrations are hold in the country. From the north to the south there are several common celebration: "foot washing" on Thurday (commemorating the day when Jesus spent last day in the Earth and washed disciple's feet), Jesus Passion procession on Friday and so on. But, now I would like to describe more specific traditions used only in my homeland. For example, on friday, after Jesus Passion procession, we are used to go around in the town visiting several churchs and have a tomb adoration. In fact, in that day, the community is used to adorn altar with flowers and ornaments. So people is used to go there and stay few minutes praying. Another special moment is the Easter day breakfast: as you know, Italians are used to have breakfast with cookies and milk but in that day, we have a salad breakfast: we eat a dish called "scarcedda" which is an hard-boiled egg covered with a twisted bread crust. What are your main Easter traditions?

My bike trip Hello everybody. This morning I woke up early and I discovered that finally Spring is coming up! Then I decided to move around with my bike. I dressed up and I went in my garage. I quickly checked by bike, tested my breaks and lubrificated the chain. Once passed all checks, I went out and I rided around my town for 20 km. When I get back to my home I was really tired but satisfied too. So I had a shower and finally my wife and I went to my mother-in-law to get lunch.

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The place where I live. As my first post I would like to describe the place where I live. I live in Bari, a small town in the South east of Italy. My town is near the coast and usually the weather is fine with not too much raining days. Temperature is not too low (at least 5-6 degrees in the deep winter) and in summertime it can raise up to 40 degrees. Near my town there are a lot of sightseeing, for example you can visit the Castellana's Cave, a very beautiful cave with a maximum depth of 2 km under the ground. Then you can visit a very small town called Alberobello which is known for its characteristic conic buildings. Not too far from Bari is located Matera, a very special place which can make you feel as man in the roman times. I hope that I well described the place where I live and I'll be very happy if someone can give me some tips for fix this text. Bye