A day around Bari - A students' report

Today we are talking about Bari but, first of all, we would like you to know something more about our city. Click on the links below and you will get some information.

http://www.italyworldclub.com/puglia/bari/bari.htm

http://www.italyheaven.co.uk/puglia/bari.html

You can also watch the "We are happy" video from Bari to see how nice people from this town are!

Our report

Last weekend we went to Bari (we live in Gioia del Colle, a little town near Bari). Bari is the capital city of our region, Puglia, and it is a big town by the Adriatic sea.

It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and it was warm. So we decided to go for a walk on the promenade. 

Bari has got a very long seafront! We walked for hours and we even saw boats and fishermen coming back to the port after their fishing trip.

Then, we decided to go to the "Old Town". It is the older part of the city and it is very close to the promenade. There are a lot of picturesque alleys and you can eat the "popizze" and "sgagliozze", a sort of fried polenta cooked by the women of the old town.

In this period the "Bifest", a festival of the cinema, is held in Bari. So there are a lot of events in all the theatres and cinemas of the town. 
http://www.bifest.it/en/
There are also many famous actors around the streets!

Unfortunately we didn't meet any actor....but on the other hand we saw a famous teacher on the red carpet!!!

Mrs Martino 

Some pictures we took

If you need some more information about Puglia you can read a post of our teacher:

http://thetravellingteachers.blogspot.it/2014/02/travelling-into-italian-culture-puglia.html

Have fun and visit Puglia!!

Francesca P. and Valeria S.
I.C. Losapio - S.F. Neri, Gioia del Colle

Shopping around the world

Let's go shopping!

Shopping in London

London is a shopping town! You can find chic boutiques, department stores, traditional old men’s shops, or market stalls. The following links allow you to go shopping around the city... Let's have a walk.

http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/activities/shopping

At the above link you can find different shopping areas and you can choose your favourite shop, from luxury shops to vintage shops, departement stores or street markets. You can even choose your shops by categories.

http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/

Here you can visit London shops street-by-street!

London shopping areas

 ... and now a tour inside Harrods!

Shopping in New York

 

Here  you can find the top 25 NY shopping destinations.

http://nymag.com/visitorsguide/shopping/destinations.htm

And now let's go to the main artery of New York City's shopping scene... the Fifth Avenue!

http://www.nycgo.com/slideshows/fifth-avenue-shopping 

 Top five stores in New York City

Shopping in Bari

Ok, now let's go to Italy. But I'm not talking about a big city like Rome or Milan. I'm going to Bari. 
Bari, the second largest city of Southern Italy, is capital of the Apulia (or Puglia) region and it's where I live. To learn more about Puglia go to the following link of my blog.
http://thetravellingteachers.blogspot.it/search/label/Puglia

Shopping in Apulia:

http://www.lifeinitaly.com/shopping/puglia 

Shopping in Bari:

http://shopeuropeshop.com/where-to-shop-in-bari-italy/

Bari's most elegant shops:

http://www.vogue.it/en/trends/shop-in-the-shops/2011/10/shopping-in-bari 

 Bari's most famous shopping street, Via Sparano

Do you like going shopping? 
Did you ever go to one of these cities?
What about shopping in your town?

 

Travelling into Italian culture - Puglia

Puglia (or Apulia) is the "heel" of Italy.

Click on the following Thinglink image I've created to have some information:

   

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/481523444043743233

I've also created a  presentation with Blendspace . You can find videos, pictures, recipes and information about Apulia: 

 






https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/z47IiKrUtFiKkw/visit-puglia 

And now some information by my students about their town:

In this blog we usually travel around the world and study different cultures, now we want to talk about ourselves! Our school is in Gioia del Colle, Puglia. It literally means "Joy of the Hill" and it is located on the Murge plateau at 360 metres above the sea level.

There is a famous Castle, built in the 12th century, during the time of Norman Count Riccardo Siniscalco d'Altavilla. Destroyed by William the Wicked of Sicily, the castle was rebuilt in 1230 by Emperor Frederick II.

Gioia del Colle is famous for its fantastic "mozzarella"!

This is our school

 

http://www.iclosapiosanfilipponeri.gov.it/

At the following link you can have some information about some monuments of Gioia del Colle:

http://www.infopointbari.com/index.php?pag=luoghi&tipo=Monumenti&citta_s=Gioia+del+Colle&action=Filtra&p=1

Come and visit Puglia!!