全世界最好味的PIZZA? 拿玻里危險嗎? (The world's most delicious pizza? Is Naples dangerous?)

差不多半年沒有寫遊記了..自去年聖誕節前去完台灣和泰國後，便懶惰起來，連復活節假期最期待的意大利之旅也沒時間記下來，希望今次可以的起心肝吧!


拿玻里危險嗎?

一直都很想去一轉拿玻里，原因是那裡是一個美食天堂。最喜歡看Discovery Channel的旅遊飲食節目，但一直也知道拿玻里很危險，也怕自己一個人去不太好。

今年，在計劃旅遊時，最終老公也一起出發，於是便立刻把拿玻里加進去，除此之外，也是因為我很喜歡另一地方 - Positano，而到Positano，也通常會經過拿玻里。

不少人說，拿玻里很亂、很危險、很舊，是黑手黨控制的城市，是罪惡溫床。

那夜，我們晚上9時多才到達拿玻里，不管有多夜，也要走到街上，到著名的PIZZA店，一嘗世界上名氣甚大的拿玻里PIZZA。雖然已是夜深，但沒有我想像中的亂、沒有想像中的舊，拿玻里就如一般意大利其他大城市一樣，依舊令人驚訝。

意大利文老師說，拿玻里很危險，要小心，她媽媽多年前到過拿破里也遇到小偷。是我太喜歡意大利，還是怎樣?走在拿玻里街頭，我覺得沒什麼別的，就連網上說滿佈爬手，拿玻里到蘇連多(Sorrento)最危險的火車路段，我也覺得沒什別的，還只不過是一般的火車車程嘛!

今次在拿玻里只留了一個晚上，只吃了著名的PIZZA，拿玻里還是披著一個神秘面紗，留待我下一次再次發掘她的美。

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L'antica Pizzeria da Michele
今次到拿玻里，最主要的目的當然是吃PIZZA! 在網上搜了很多PIZZA店，看看應選哪一間吃。

L'antica Pizzeria da Michele - 是間百年老店，有人選擇它是認為它是全意大利最好吃的PIZZA店，有人認識它是因為它就是Julia Robers 在電影 " Eat Pray Love" 與友人一嚐意大利PIZZA的美味。

L'antica Pizzeria da Michele 只供應兩款PIZZA, 說實在的，好吃的東西，吃多也不會厭，所以兩款便夠，

一款是Pizza Margherita, 另一款是Pizza Marinara，前者就是較多CHEESE嘛~ 普通大小的, 只倉4歐羅，你可以選擇DOUBLE CHEESE, 也只是加多1歐羅。

意大利人的PIZZA每個也是超大的，雖然PIZZA很薄，但一個PIZZA對我來說也很多了，不明白為何意大利人每日可以很快地一口一口的吃完整個，看見有些意大利男人更要吃1個半呢!!!

我們晚上9:30才到，還以為應該不用等位吧，誰知店門口企滿一大堆等候的人!!!叫號還有百多個。但山長水遠夜晚晚才來到，沒理由不等吧! 店11點關門，但我們真的11時才能進去!!!! 入去二話不說，便叫了2個PIZZA, 我的評價是，餅底很薄，餅邊很脆，中心不是脆的，因為鋪滿了芝士和蕃茄醬，很新鮮，CHEESE是特別的滑，與香港吃的感覺不一樣! 香港吃的PIZZA< 那些CHEESE經烤焗過後，總是有一點點的「鞋」口。但這個PIZZA 的芝士是很滑的!!!

這個PIZZA確實是意大利之旅一個很好的開始，可能有人說，一餐只吃一個PIZZA也吃不到其他，感覺會悶嗎? 確實不會的，而且，我仍對那裡的PIZZA念念不忘，為何香港做不到這麼美味的PIZZA呢????

題外話，由於到西西里前要回拿玻里上船，本來也希望襯著空檔，趕緊去試另一間名氣超大的PIZZA店，可惜那天竟然關門!!!!!!枉我們走了很遠路找這間店，後來還總要填肚才上船，便隨意點了另一間PIZZA店，也算是百年老店，雖然不知道是否出名，但PIZZA還是比香港的好味! 就只是隨意的一間也能這麼好味，難怪拿玻里擁有美食天堂的美譽!


Haven't written for my blog for more than half year....since after my trip to Taiwan and Thailand last Christmas.. even still haven't had chance to write about my Italy trip this Easter! Mamamia.....

Is Napoli dangerous?

It's long be my dream to visit Napoli as it is famous for its italian gourmet, especially every time when I watched Discovery Channel and it just made me wanna go again and again. However, Napoli is also "famous" as it is a bit danger and people don't suggest to go alone!

This year when I was planning my Italy trip and my husband decided to come together! Therefore, I immiedately added in "Napoli" in my itineray, and one of the reasons was that, I wanted to go to Positano, another dream place that I longed to go for a long long time, and going to Positano, you will pass through Napoli most of the time.

People said that Napoli is dangerous, old, and a "malfia" city and full of sin.

On the night of our arrvial, it was 9pm something. However, how could I not try the famous pizza when I was in Napoli? This was impossible! Therefore, we went out at 9 something. It wasn't that dangerous as what I felt indeed. Napoli is a big city, same as other italian city but it was its history that still attracted and suprised me.

My italian teacher once said to me that Napoli is dangeour and I had to be careful. Her mum lost her belongings in Napoli although it was many years ago. I don't know why, is it because I am so into Italy or just because of some other reasons? Walking on the narrow and dark street in Napoli, I didn't feel unsafe nor scare, but just feeling amazed!

Some also said that the train trip from Napoli to Sorrento is the most dangerous one. And I just found it very safe and indeed, it's quite comfortable! (although some kept playing music and asked for money during the whole trip...)

I just stayed in Napoli for a night and tried the pizza. But Napoli is still a mystery to me and I believe that I have to go there again to discover its beauty and charm in future.
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L'antica Pizzeria da Michele
The only thing I went to Napoli this time was of course, its Pizza! After doing some reserach on the interent, I have chosen L'antic Pizzeria da Michele, a Pizzeria with more than 100 years of history. Some said that it's the BEST pizzeria in Italia but some love it just because of the film "Eat Pray Love" starring by Julia Roberts who ate the pizza at the pizzeria.

There are only 2 kinds of pizzas in L'antica Pizzeria da Michele, of course, it doesn't need a lot of choices if it is good.
  
The 1st one is Pizza Marghertia and the other is Pizza Marinara. Obviously Margherita has more cheese. The normal size just costs 4 euro and if you choose double cheese one, you just have to add 1 euro.

The pizza in Italy is indeed quite big, although they are comparatively thinner than those in Hong Kong, it's still too much for me. But I just don't understand why the italian can just eat them all up quickly! I saw some italian guys eat more than 1 pizza!

We arrived at the pizzaeria at around 9:30pm and thought that we shouldn't have to wait for the seats. However, it is indeed in opposite, there were still lots of people waiting outside, with more than 100 numbers we have to wait. But we thought that we shouldn't give up so easily so, we just kept waiting and waiting. And not until 11pm, slightly earlier than the shop should close, we got our seats finally! We immediately ordered 2 pizzas, and my opinion was: thin crust and crispy edge, and the pizza was full of cheese and fresh tomato sauce! The cheese was just different from those I had in Hong Kong! They were simply so yummmy!

The pizza has marked a great start of my italy trip, some may wonder isn't it so boring that you just eat pizza most of the time in italy, but for me, i will never get enough of it. Wonder why the restaurant in Hong Kong just couldn't make such delicious pizza?
 
Okay, so before we went on board to get to Sicily (Catania), we squeezed out another time and just wanted to try another famous pizzeria in Napoli. Unfortunately it was CLOSED!!! So we just found another pizzeria on the same street, although we didn't know if it's famous or not, it was still another pizzeria with over 100 years of history! Anyway, the pizza was still so yummy and I just thought that all the pizza in Napoli is more delicious than those in Hong Kong! And that is why Napoli is regarded as the Food Paradise!

意大利PIZZA不會像香港的那些，鋪滿了大大小小不同的食材，其他只要材料夠好，簡單的還是最好味的!
Italian pizza isn't like the pizza in Hong Kong which contains lots of ingreidents. Sometimes, simple is perfect. With just mozzarella and tomatoe suace, it's just perfect! "Perfecto"

可能時間有點趕，晚上11點多才吃晚餐，又怕太晚回酒店不是太好，所以也真的不能吃下這個美味的PIZZA
We had our dinner at the pizzeria after 11pm, probably it was too late and rush, and we didn't want to get back to the hotel so late, we were unable to finish up the whole pizza!

這個便是趕上船前隨意找的一間PIZZA店，我選了FOUR CHEESE! 真的超好味!!!!!餅底較百年老店沒有那麼軟，可能香港人會比較喜歡!
Before we went onbaord to Catania, we found another pizzaeria and I tried the Four Cheese one! It was awesome! The pizza crust is not as soft as the another one, and probably it fits our taste more!

大家要留意，從拿玻里機場出來，若選擇搭便宜一點的巴士回市中心，要一路的向左走，機場一出是機場巴士和停車場，不要理會這些只要一路向左走，你會看見M記，要再經過M記走多一小段路，便會看見ALIBUS的車站! 要留意，買車票最好在離開機場前入面有間小商店，因為有人說在車上買票的話，一是有些司機會說沒得賣，一是確實會貴一點!~
If you come out from the Napole Airport, and decide to take the local bus to the centre, you have to keep going left. There are airport coach and parking lots right outside the airport, but you have to keep going left until you find McDonald's and pass it and walk for a while, you will then find the Alibus Busstop! You better buy the bus ticket at the small shop inside the airport, as some people say that if you buy it on the bus, either it may be more expensive or the driver may turn you down!

愛在古希臘與西西里小巷 Agrigento (Agrigento, Sicilia)

Agrigento 是西西里南部的小鎮，是個古希臘小鎮，所以當地的古希臘神殿 - Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples)亦十分有名，也是世界文化遺產之一，因此不少人也慕名前來。(像我一樣，沒去過希臘的人，對這個神殿也十分有興趣，不過，對於一些已到過希臘的人來說，這個神殿可能是沒太特別吧~)

Agrigento也是一個山城，城鎮建於山上，可由Palermo乘巴士前往，也只是需要1-2小時左右。我們則由Trapani那邊乘Lumia 巴士前往，路途確是有點遠，需要在Trapani機場上車，大概需要4個多小時，但整體上交通也十分方便，因為中途也不用轉車，車費約為11.9歐羅，而且，也可以作為從西邊的Trapani，到東方的Catania 大城的其中一個中途站。

另外也有火車到達，西西里的火車主要由trenitalia 營運,差不多每小時一班，車程約兩小時 (從Palermo)，在Agrigento 的 Stazione Centrale 下車，車費也不便宜，約9至15歐羅，部份車程更需要3個多小時呢。不過trenitalia通常會有早鳥優惠，早買可以平一半以上，大家可留意一下。

也也有巴士從東面的Catania 前往，但需要3小時，中途亦需要轉車，所以在計劃行程時可考慮下怎樣走最好。

位於山上的小城，坐擁一望無際的海景，不少人也會從市中心搭乘巴士到海邊，從Agrigento更可以到另一著名的海灘 - Scala dei Turchi，那裡地勢獨特，一級一級的XX 而上，海水青藍，是我夢寐以求的海灘勝地，下次到西西里，我也決定一定要去游水呢! (不過當然交通就相對沒有太大方便)

Agrigento算是一個小鎮，沒有什麼可走走看看的地方，市中心主要由一條大街組成，大街大旁有不少小商店，大街一邊連接著廣場、郵局等等。從大街向海邊方向走，便可找到火車站，和教堂 (見到教堂就找到了火車站呀!) 教堂外便是乘巴士到Valle dei Templi和海邊的巴士，十分方便。

巴士會從山上一路往下車，記得當經過中途, 有餐廳的地方便要下車，那裡正正就是神殿的售票處、博物館和入口，錯過了，要等好一段路才能下車，那時候，便麻煩了 (我們那一次就是這樣子發生了點小意外，卻發現西西里人的友善之處)

Valle dei Templi面積很大，每到一個temple 都要走上一段路，在烈日當空下走，確是不是味兒。Valle dei Templi共有7個神殿，分別係Temple of Juno, Temple of Concordia, Temple of Heracles, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Temple of Castor and Pollux, Temple of Vulcan 和 Temple of Asclepius。7個神殿各有特色，遺跡所見十分不同。其中最常見到的一幅相，便是有個毀壞了的銅像橫訓在其中一個神殿前，那個就是Temple of Concordia。

而另一個就是只遺留下幾條巨柱的Temple of Heracles, 應該會是第一個到訪的神殿。

還有一個較常見的是在Temple of the Olympian Zeus，有個雕刻成男性模樣的巨柱橫訓在地上，部分文物則放在入口位置附近的博物館，大家也可以去參觀一下。

要慢慢行完成個遺址，最好預備一個上午，有遊客亦會參觀晚間團，因為晚上開了燈光，整個遺址景色也大分吸引！但記得晚間團需要預先報名呀，網上可以報名。

小記:之前提過我們錯過了車站，到下一個話時已走到很遠很遠。是公路的中心似的，因為巴士一路下山到海邊。我們本打算在下車後走過廿山對面看看有沒有回頭巴士，可惜發現不像香港那樣對面一定有巴士站，在慳妹想法出現後，便決定截順風車。每當有車經過，我便嘗試望著他們，口裡說昔著什麼，希望有司機番留意到，初時沒有什麼人看得見我們，後來有架貨車走過，我知道司機他們是看得見我們想日尋求幫助的，但我見車子卻一洗而過有點失望。後來我們發現他們在前面停下來坐在乘客位的那個男人走了下來，在溝通不到的情況下，只好指著地圖說temples, temples , 哈 而他們也估到我們想去，他和司機朋友說了幾句後，便著我們上車。初時也有點擔心的，因為他要我們坐在中間，而貨車頭前面其實只得一個空位，但既然朋友也不怕，我們便上了他們的車了。約十分鐘車程，他們有問我們是不是日本，又遞煙給我們問要不要，大家在雞同鴨講的情況下，便開開心心的到達神殿，我們還請他們一起拍照呢！他們更問我們要不要接我們，一來我們也不知道要行多久，二來接了我們後也不知道會去邊，所以也婉拒了他們。所以，我都是覺得在這些小城市，才能找到友善的，可信的朋友呢！要是在大城市，我一定不敢上他們的車呢！



Agrigento is a small town lociated on Southern Sicily. It is famous for its greek Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples) which was named UNESCO World Heritage. Many tourists come to Agrigento to visit the Valle。(For those who haven't been to Greece, like me, the Templi were really something special to me. But maybe for those who have been to Greece, they may think it's just more or less the same.

Agrigento is also a hill town, the main activity, and the centre is built on the hill. From Palermo, it takes around 1-2 hour to get to Agrigento by bus. But we went there from Trapani by Lumia bus, it was a bit far away and need to get on the bus from the Trapani Birgi airport and it took you 4 hours to get there. Nevertheless, it's still convenient as you don't have to get change on your way and the cost is just 11.9 euro. It can be one of the cities to visit if you want to go to Cantania from Trapani.

There are also train to and from Agrigento and it is mainly operated by trenitalia. From Palermo, it will be around 2 hours and get off at the Stazione Centrale of Agrigento. It costs around 9-15 euro but some trains take you 3 hours. So you better check which one fits your schedule in advance. Trenitalia has some early bird discount from time to time and you may get more than half price discount if you buy in advance.

From Catania, you can take bus to Agrigento but it takes around 3 hrs and you have to get chance on your way. So it's important to plan your trip itinerary.

From the centre of Agrigento, it oversees a piece of beautiful and tranquil sea view and many people will take the bus to the seaside down the hill. There is a famous sea side place called Scala dei Turchi with the most beautiful sea. Scala dei Turchi in English means Stairways of the Turks with a very beautiful and rocky cliff overlooking the sea. The color of the cliff is pure white and it is made of stone called Marga. This is one of my dream seaside and I have to visit it when I go to Sicily next time! (However, the transport is not that convenient)

Agrigento is quite a small town and there may not have much to see. There is one main street in the centre with lots of shops, and on one side of the main street, there is post office, etc. From the centre walks towards the sea side, you can find the train station (Stazione Centrale) which is outside the church. And right there, you can get on the bus to Valle dei Templi and to the sea side.

The bus will go down hill and remember, when you pass by a restaurant, you should get off there as it is indeed the entrance of Valle dei Templi. You can also find the ticket office and the museum. If you miss the bus stop, the bus will just keep going down and it's difficult to just walk back to the entrance. (And that was what happened to us last time.. but this turned out to let me feel and know that how nice the Sicilian are)

Valle dei Templi is very big and you have to walk for a while from one temple to another temple. It's not a good choice if it's under the sun. There are 7 temples, Temple of Juno, Temple of Concordia, Temple of Heracles, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Temple of Castor and Pollux, Temple of Vulcan and Temple of Asclepius, each with own characteristic. The one people may always see on the internet may be the bronze sculpture of Icarus laid down in front of the Temple of Concordia.

The first one you will see should be the Temple of Heracles, it is the oldest one with long and thin pilar standing.

And the other one you may know if the Temple of the Olympian Zeus, where you can find the remains of an atlar, a support scuplted in the form of a man, which may be used as column or pilaster.

You can also pay extra money to visit the museum and get to know more about the history of the valle.

To walk around the whole site, it's better to spend a whole morning or afternoon. Some visitors will join the night tour where the scene is attractive with some lights are on. You have to enroll the tour in advance in its website.
side story:
I mentioned earlier that we missed the bus stop and when we got off at the next stop, it's already quite far away from the site. It is just like the middle of nowhere with a few shops there. The bus keeps going down to the sea. We first tried to go to opposite side and found a return bus, but just found that there's no bus stop there! (it's not just like Hong Kong, most of the bus stop is on the opposite street) We won't want to pay again for the bus ticket, thus, we tried to get a free ride there. We kept looking to the driver when they passed by and said something so that they may get off and helped us. At the beginning, all the cars just went by but then, a small truck passed by and i know the passenger saw us and noticed us. First they passed by and i was a bit disappointed, but then they indeed stopped the car and the guy came down and talked to us. They didn't really speak English and we didn't speak Italian, we just tried to show him the map and said: temples, temples. and luckily, seems they understood what we were talking about. He talked with his friend, the driver and asked us to get on the truck! We were just happy but was a bit doubt at the beginning also, as there was only 1 seat, but nevermind! it just took around 10 mins and I didn't think there's any problem of overload! We sat in the middle and we tried to chat , ha yes tried! They asked if we were Japanese and passed a cigarette (which of course we didn't take), then we were here! After we got off the truck, we took a photo together, and they even asked when we would finish and they can come to pick us up! But we rejected them as we have no idea how long it take and we didn't know where he would bring us to later.. Anyway, we were still happy and just couldn't believe that how nice they are. I'm sure that it may just happen in these kinds of small cities and towns, if we were in those big cities, we dare not to do this!

Agrigento 大街小巷，縱使小城沒什麼景點，但是街角處處令人喜愛

Every city tells a story. Every corner of the streets at Agrigento just made me fallen in love with it

從我們全的B&B 望出去就是海 The sea view from our B&B

友善的西西里人 The lovely Sicilian

  

Remains of the Temple of Heracles 

Temple of Concordia

Temple of Concordia and Icarus

Temple of Juno

  

Remains of the atlas

The re-assembled remains of the Temples of "Castor and Pollux".

走進童話世界 - 意大利Alberobello (Alberobello, Puglia, Italia)

決定到東南意旅行，除左因為見到Matera的靚相外，另一個吸引我的便是那些蘑菇屋 - Trulli。第一次在網上見到，覺得這些屋仔很可愛，整個鎮也很可愛，所以最方便的便是Matera, Alberobello等地方放在同一個trip，一次過滿足晒自己的願望。

到Alberobello，交通也不是太多選擇。最方便的，還是從Bari出發，可乘由Ferrovie de Sud Est 營運的火車或巴士，一個半小時便到，費用也是一程4.9歐羅，一日來回也很好 (當然，想慢慢的感受小鎮文化及嘗試住進蘑菇屋，2-3天也是不錯!)

火車
一日大約有5-6班火車，集中在早上，同樣地由Bari Centrale出發，到Alberobello。Bari 車站也是在Bari Centrale stazione 旁，建議去到問問當地職員，不要誤會是Centrale stazione 的platform呢。

可能東南面的地方大多是小鎮，星期日及公眾假期也沒有火車到Alberbello的，所以我們也只可搭同公司營運的巴士。

巴士
一日大約有5-6班，全天也有，方便下午沒車到Alberobello的人，可下午/晚上才到Alberobello，價錢較火車便宜一點，只是4.1歐羅，車程也只是1小時45分鐘多一點。中途也停很多不同站 (可到營運公司網頁看看有什麼站呀)，不過因為有一半人也是到Alberobello旅行，所以到站時司機也會提你下車呢!

至於上車地方，則與下車不同，所以記得預先上網看看上下車地點，再看看地圖! 特別是上車回程的地點，車站十分不顯眼，是在一間街角Cafe & Bar的對面，也很少人上車，所以我們初時也怕找錯了地方呢! 但可以到Cafe & Bar問問職員，他們也會很友善搭你的呢!

車票呢? 巴士的車票不可以在網上買，只可以到時間在店買。在意大利有一個很特別的習慣，就是可以到Cafe & Bar,或是報檔買車票~就連長途車票也是呢!

今次到Alberobello旅行，也是遇著復活節，商店沒開，只好試試到Cafe買票。在網上查了一下可買票的Cafe，盲摸摸的周圍找，由於怕找不到，我們一早便出門，也走了好一段路，才找到Cafe & Bar的街道 (要知道，有時間在意大利街道名稱確是很不好找!) 但兜了又兜，也找不到網站上寫明的Cafe名，唯有走入另外一間Cafe問問! 真好遇著一個超好人的Cafe老闆，他帶我出去Cafe外的報檔，還幫我和報檔老闆說呢! (始終我的意大利文還是一般般，而最重要的是，我說得出意大利文，但聽不明他們說什麼呢!)

但東南意的美麗之處就是，這裡大部份人也很好，特別可能較少亞洲人到這裡旅行，他們都好喜歡和你們談天，(我用有效的意大利文溝通，而他們大部份也不懂英文的!)

由於時間尚早，便在Cafe吃個早餐，再到車站等車。同樣地，這條街也有2-3個站，而每個站也是不顯眼的。我發現，在Puglia地區，車站牌是高高的掛起，沒有圖畫或LOGO，只有細細的車公司名，你也不能確定對不對的呢! 有時候要留意是車站牌還是給駕駛人士看的路牌呢!

下車後，最好問當地人怎樣到Trulli，因為下車的地方是在一般的街道，而且城鎮較細，只好問人怎樣走。

說回Alberobello，Alberobello以她的蘑菇屋聞名。這些蘑菇屋名叫Trulli，那圓錐形屋頂是由一塊一塊細小的石頭疊砌而成，當中更沒有用任何水泥興建! 聽說在中古世紀時，當時的農民漁民收入不高，為了逃稅而砌成蘑菇屋，到收稅時把屋頂推掉，裝成沒人住的，便可以不用交稅，然後數天過後再從新興建。

居民更會在屋頂上以白漆畫上不同得符號，有的說是宗教色彩，亦有人說是用來驅魔。而Alberobello亦於1996年正式納入世界文化遺產。

大約走15分鐘，見到遊人開始多，便知道差不多到了，當一路走仍是普通的白色小屋時，突然間，你會發現，對面馬路便是一整排的蘑菇屋! 好有 柳暗花明又一村的感覺! 一見到蘑菇屋，我真的十分興奮!因為實在太特別，太神奇，又好唔真實! 隨意走走，每一角落也是影相位!! 當然，一個地方漸漸開始為人熟悉時，遊客商店也自然多了 (幸好在很多外國遊客當中，Alberobello仍然不是很有名，所以整體仍不會有那種人山人海的感覺)。

Alberobello有3條蘑菇村，我認為只走一條也夠了，而且村落很細，走2-3個小時便可以走完了~! 當然，也可住進蘑菇屋酒店啦!

回程時若是乘火車的話，必經另一小鎮Martina Franca，也是一個值得一去的地方，可惜我們當日沒有火車，所以也沒機會和沒時間到那裡走走呢!




Besides Matera, the Trulli in Alberobello are the other things I want to see during my South-eastern Italy trip. The first time i saw the "trulli" photos on the internet, I just found it so lovely. The whole village is just like a wonderland in storybook. As Matera and Alberobello is not far away, it's good to visit these 2 places during my trip.

There is not much choice on transportation to Alberobello. Again, the most convenient one is taking train or bus from Bari, which are operated by Ferrovie de Sud Est. It takes around 1.5 hr and the cost is around 4.9 euro. It is good for a day trip from Bari. (of course, for those who like to explore the culture, you can choose to stay in the "Trulli" hotel for 2-3 days!)

Train
There are around 5-6 trains to and from Bari and Alberbello, setting off from Bari Centrale, but most of them run by the noon time. Again, the platform is not in the main area of the Bari Centrale stazione, and it is better to check with the station staff for the right platform

Maybe because most of the cities are small towns or less tourist known cities (just I guessed), most of the trains don't run on Sunday and Public holidays (same as trains to Matera), and thus, we have to take bus to there last time.

Bus
There are 5-6 buses whole day, so it is more convenient for those who want to go to Alberobello in the afternoon or at night. For bus, it is slightly cheaper, just costs 4.1 euro and takes you about 1hr 45 mins to get there. There are more stops before arriving Alberobello but the driver will let the tourists know once arriving Alberobello.

However, the location taking the bus back Bari is different from where you get off. So, you should check the location on the map or on internet in advance. We had some difficulties to locate the bus stop when we headed back to Bari, the stop is not obvious (and indeed most of the bus stop in south-east italy are not obvious...), it is located across the street with a Cafe & Bar at the corner. You may check with the staff at the bar anyway.

What about the fare? We can't buy the bus ticket online so you have to get to the shop. And in Italy, they will sell bus tickets in cafe & bar, or newspaper stands!

As it was Easter holiday when we went to Alberobello and most of the shops closed during holiday, we can only buy the tickets in the cafe. After checking the internet the addresses of the cafes, we just went and tried to find out where the shop was. It's not easy to find, even we went to the right street. At first, we couldn't locate the shop as shown in the website, and so, we just went to one of the cafe and asked the boss. Luckily we met a nice nice Italian and he led us to the newspaper stands just outside the cafe and brought the tickets. We have chatted for a while too. (But it's difficult to communicate with them with my "un po' italian")

What's the beauty of South-east Italy that attracts me? It's the people there. Maybe because not many Asian people travelling there, they are all very nice to us.

After buying the tickets from the newspaper stand, we had our breakfast at the same cafe and waited for the bus at the bus stop. There are indeed 2-3 bus stops on the same street and the bus stop sign is not obvious! They don't have any company logo or pics or bus graphics, but just some italian only. You have to check clearly if the bus stop is for your bus!

Once arriving Alberobello, I suggested to check with the locals there the direction to the trulli village. The place where you get off the bus is just a normal street and it's not easy to figure out where you are indeed.

Talking about Alberobello, it is famous for its "trulli" houses. A trullo is a small dwelling built from the limestone, with conical roof. It was said that in the middle ages, the peasant workers designed the trulli to avoid taxes and fool the authorities, pretending no one was living there as the trulli could be disapossessed easily. And a few days later, they can then reconstruct the house again rapidly. 

Some of the roofs have a symbol painted on it, such symbols may include religious symbols or with astrological meaning. In 1996, Alberobello became the UNSECO World Heritage.

After walking for 15 mins, you are almost there! It was so excited to find the "Sea" of trulli in front of me and they were just amazing! Everywhere just catch your attention and your camera, too! And of course, when a place becomes more popular, tourist shops are getting more but for Alberobello, luckily the situation is still acceptable as I really don't like crowded place.

There are 3 trulli villages in Alberobello and I just went to one of them, (to me, i think it's enough). And the village is quite small so it just takes you 2-3 hours to walk around. But of course, you can stay in the trulli hotel and experience the beauty of it overnight!

If you are taking train back to Bari, you can stop by another small town, Martina Franca, which is also worth to go. I would definitely visit it if I have time next time!

這個Cafe 老闆很好人的呀!教和幫我買車票，仲專登整熱三文治 (剛剛開店沒有暖的) 給我呢 (我不太喜歡吃凍的三文治)

He is the nice nice guy from the Cafe! He even heated up the sandwiches for me (I don't like eating cold sandwiches...) 

在進入真正蘑菇前，會經過一些普通的店 

Before arriving the Trulli village, you have to pass through this street 

就連教堂也是蘑菇屋頂呢! Even the church was built in the same "trulli" style!

部份蘑菇屋屋頂漆上符號，有些帶有宗教或驅魔意思

Some of the roofs have a symbol painted on it, such symbols may include religious symbols or with astrological meaning