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The Italian Hotel built inside Abandoned Medieval Grottos

The Italian Hotel built inside Abandoned Medieval Grottos
Okay come with me, we’re going to explore every inch of this hotel built inside the deserted grottos of an Italian mountain village from the Middle Ages. The cliffs of the Gravina River Valley in Matera Italy are believed to be the site of the first human settlements in the country. So let’s begin our tour of this extremely off-beat, no doubt unique and very chic hotel, La Grotta della Civita… La Grotta della Civita, consists of 18 cave rooms as well as a restaurant, which took a total of 10 years to renovate from what was essentially a series of deserted caves, last inhabited in the 1950s by residents who lived very primitively. In the 1950s, the Italian government relocated most of the people in the cave towns, who were living without proper sanitation, into areas of the developing modern city nearby. When Margareta Berg, a young German girl who ran away from her parents in Germany as a teenager, arrived in Matera, she found mostly hippies living inside the honey colored caves.

Well Done Stuff ! Amalfi Coast Italy Photography Positano - a charming stop for lunch along the Amalfi Coast There’s more to Italy than Rome and Tuscany. Have you seen the Amalfi Coast? Typical pottery sold along the seaside town of the Amalfi coast The cliffs of Sorrento, one of the main towns along the coast The ancient streets of Pompeii - an easy stop along the Circumvesuviana Train The hill town of Positano Cook up some dishes at Mami Camilla's cooking school near Sorrento Beach cabanas in Sorrento - a popular beach in the summer The villagers (plaster cast) of Pompeii caught in the eruption The Sorrento coastline is a boating paradise Old door in Positano Get out of Rome and visit the Amalfi Coast! For more great information on the Amalfi Cost – check out Italylouge.com For information on the Mami Camilla’s cooking school check out Mami Camilla and tell them you saw it on Ottsworld!

We're Obsessed With This Easy DIY Artwork Project (& You'll Be, Too!) UPDATE: The long weekend is the perfect time to start some new projects, so why not try this awesome (and so easy) artwork DIY? This story was originally published on July 25. If there are two things that have been commanding our attention lately, they're cool artwork and chevron prints. Inspired by the work of artist Nancy Ramirez, two stellar Refinery29 interns collaborated on this easy-does-it way to spice up an empty wall. From the moment we spied this Nancy Ramirez painting on Pinterest, we were smitten. To do this project, you'll need: A canvas, in any size you choose Painter's tape Acrylic paints in your preferred colors, plus one bottle of white paint A paintbrush (or two, if you'd rather alternate brushes than wash one between colors) Scissors A disposable plate, wax paper, or scrap cardboard to use as a palette Paper towels or a drop cloth to cover your work area Assemble your paints and squeeze a quarter-size amount of each color onto your palette. Et voilà!

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Real Estate Envy: Manhattan’s Most Majestic Home + 9 More Jaw-Dropping Properties — Domaine Cruising the neighborhood for open houses is one of our favorite Sunday activities, but since our wheels can only go so far in a single afternoon, we look to someone who has her ears to the ground on real estate happenings nationwide. Alex Brunkhorst, LA-based agent and founder of Bungalux, gives us the scoop on the hottest homes on the market around the country, as well as her professional opinion on why we should consider relocating to Montana, St. Barth’s, and eight fantastic locations in between. Photographs: Courtesy Bungalux By: Julia Millay Walsh

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Holidays 2014: 8 Must-Visit Destinations That Have Made Us Want To Book A Holiday Today January blues got you fantasising about your next big escape? Well don't book anything until you read this... and prepare for your 2014 holiday to be extra special. 1. Glasgow Now hear us out, because Glasgow could be this summer's perfect mini-break destination. The Commonwealth Games hit Glasgow in July and travel insiders expect a resulting year-long buzz in this friendly city, which boasts a vibrant art, theatre and music scene. 2. Peru has always been popular with tourists wanting to explore Machu Picchu and the lost world of the Incas, but the new London trend for Peruvian cuisine has created an added buzz for 2014. 3. Japan has always been on our must-visit wish list but has never been considered a particularly affordable long-haul destination. 4. 2014 is going to be a big year for Brazil, with the World Cup set to kick off in June. 5. Turkey has always been a popular summer holiday destination thanks to its gorgeous beaches and almost-guaranteed great weather. 6. 7. 8.

Ultimate Guide for Speeding Up your Windows 7 Windows 7 is, finally, a great operating system. Advertisement Every version of Windows, has many services enabled, while many optimizing tweaks are not enabled by default. The reason this is so is because the installation is designed to support a very generic set of devices and hardware. The cool part of using Windows is the ability to fine tune it to your needs. Before I get all technical, it’s important that you check your hardware and choose the edition of Windows 7 that best suits your system: Choose Windows 7 32-bit if you have: 3GB or less system memoryDual core or single core processorBuilt in graphic card250GB or less hard drive Choose Windows 7 64-bit if you have: 4GB or more system memoryi7, Dual core or Quad Core processorDedicated PCI express graphic cards such as Nvidia or ATI250GB or larger hard drive Now that that’s out of the way – on we go to the good stuff… 1.0 Disable Unwanted Services Windows 7 enables services that aren’t necessarily required by default. Using MSCONFIG:

Must One Risk Madness to Achieve Genius? 6Share Synopsis Must one risk getting lost in the sea of madness in order to reach the lone island of genius? "There is only one difference between a madman and me. Must one risk getting lost in the sea of madness in order to reach the lone island of genius? Among the "Big Five" personality traits, the Openness/Intellect domain has been the most difficult for psychologists to describe. In a recent series of studies, Colin G. First let's cover some terms. Now we've defined our terms, we can get to the good stuff. And that's what they found. The Paradoxical Simplex A simplex is an arrangement of variables along a single dimension. As you can see, intelligence and apophenia are on opposite ends of the simplex. One system that is probably acting on the entire Openness/Intellect domain is the dopaminergic system. What forces pull intelligence away from apophenia? "I like to watch cloud shapes change in the sky" "Sometimes I feel as if my mind could envelope the whole world." Far out, man. 1.

Richard Cassaro » Research The Triptych Temples Of Atlantis Unprecedented New Archaeological Evidence That A Highly Advanced “Lost Civilization” Flourished In A Remote Age Older Than Recorded Time Did the world’s first cultures inherit the same high wisdom from the same more ancient but now-vanished Mother Culture? The ancient pyramid cultures all built these Triptych (Three-Door) Temples. Like the pyramids, the presence of these Triptych Temples worldwide throws enormous weight behind the “Atlantis” theory—the idea that civilization has much older roots than presently accepted by science; that there is a major forgotten episode in human history; that an advanced ancient culture once flourished but was destroyed in a cataclysm; and that history’s first known cultures were inheritors of its legacy. There are two different versions of history. We already know the mainstream version found in history books. But there’s another, more mysterious hidden history that’s not so widely known. Richard Cassaro

Kitchen Craft: Soap Clouds! {And homemade kiddie tub soaps} You know what question Kate and I get a lot? “How do you girls do it it all??” Our schedules are full, just as many of yours are, and it comes with the constant struggle of balancing Mom-life with work-life. And like most other Mothers out there, when it comes down to it and one has to take priority, the Mom gig wins- no contest. We call these “Soap Clouds.” Place a piece of waxed paper, parchment, plastic wrap, or paper towel in your microwave. Start your microwave for a couple of minutes on high power. Ten bonus points for anyone who can reference my children’s ramblings about “the great devourer.” I don’t know how it does it- but it starts growing! It looks like it should be foamy and wet, but it’s not. If you smash it, it will break into pieces and you’ll end up with soap dust everywhere, so be careful with little hands who like to smash things It’s the weirdest looking thing. Now. Take the mold-able mixture and let kids press it into cookie cutters.

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