Hiking Yesterday I went for an hike on the Bassa Murgia, a range of hills of my region, high about 400 hundred meters. We don't have mountains in Puglia (my region) but only hills and rocky hills where often during the winter snows. On this hills also called Valle d'Itria there is a lot of olive trees and the coutryside is beautiful. We have Trulli, a tipycal house you can find only in this part of Italy and a lots of english, french , dutch and also american are buying here because the tuscany (Toscana) is probably became too expensive and also because the weather is amazing and the food and life is very cheap for a stranger. During the hiking we enjoyed the view of a secular oak aboy 300/400 years old and it was so beatuful. After that we arrived on top of the hill and we see the landscape you can see in th picture I enclosed below. I hope you like it :)

Barber shop This summer I went to a lovely events, held in San Vito dei Normanni, a small town in the county of Brindisi, one of the five town of Puglia. It is about an hour from where I live. The events was " The mandolin in the barber Shop". The goal was to tell and show how in the last years they used to play and learn to play mandolin and the italian traditional music. The barber shop was one fo the most important gathering center were man could play and have fun and .... obviously they have their haircut too:) There were a lot of people and also a group of Scottish that really enjoyed and danced during the performances. I love this kind of events, because we are losting our musical tradition and it was sad when I meet italian people that often don't know what is a mandolin!!!

this summer will not end Hi everybody How did you spend your summer, and above all, how long has been your summer? I live in south Italy and for the most part of the year, we have a beautiful time, the temperature is very mild/temperate and we have a lot of sunny day. Unfortunately I live in a town a little much wet, expecially in this period but it is not so hard to stand. However this year is very hot summer, and I 'm still going to the beach, because it is impossibile to stay home. Today the sea was very calm and the water is so hot too. There is no way to refresh and there are no trees or else where to find a little shadow. It could seem my country is a hell but I think it's a paradise on earth!! Take it easy :)

some way of saying How do you say in english this phrase: meno male ( I only know ..."thanks god", but there is another way of saying this?) non farci caso or non dargli retta non ti permettere ( is it correct in any case/situation to say "don't you dare" )