FRIDAY (April 5)....
...work, rain, work,
rain, work, rain... apart from grocery shopping and an amazing lunch at a
fantastic restuarant in old Pescia (no pictures since we didn't know we were
going and had no camera)...
Crostini toscani
Crostini misti...
tomato with basil... "fettunta": oil and GARLIC... Crotino de lardo
di Colonnata
Farinata (a sort
of liquid polenta)
Le farfalle a la Francesca (tomato, chili pepper and a
little cream and parmesean)
Gran frito misto toscano (breaded and deep fried chunks of
chicken, rabbit, artichoke, potato, zucchini... and not a bit of oil!)
A berry tart... and coffee
Red wine of the val di nievole (where we are)
Later... alka selzer and zantac and, believe it or not, Dani
could not eat dinner!
Actually, we have one picture courtesy of 'Capitano'... Kate and Farfalle a la Francesca (the name of the cook)
SATURDAY (6 april)...
It is true what Dani's father said! There are three categories of people you can never believe
in: astrologists, economists and meteorologists. Again Saturday was a
beautiful sunny day even if rain was predicted! (I think it is because I bought a raincoat Friday.... now
the prediction of our friend "capitano" (of film fame) is that it
won't rain again until May... let's hope so!
Since it was so beautiful, we went early to Florence to
visit Dani's show with some friends who just came back to Florence and hadn't
had a chance to see the show yet.
Azaleas on Via Tornabuoni
Tulips in front of the Duomo
You will not believe this but after visiting the show, we
were hungry so we all went for lunch at a place Dani and I used to go regularly
when we lived here, and that he went to when he was a student... well, a few
years ago. The people working in the restaurant are the same as ever, prices
are more or less the same, the food better than ever... perhaps the only
difference is that they now have a Trip Advisor 4-star sign on the window, as
well as a few other decals indicating high ratings in various tour guides.
Since we were seven people and everyone asked for something
different, we won't bore you with the 27 different dishes we had with the two
liters of wine.
Continuing through the city on this beautiful day, we finally decided the time was right. We had been waiting for this moment since arriving in Italy and it finally came! We are very sorry Charlie, we know you think you have found the best ice cream elsewhere, but we have to tell you that it is here and it is in a place called "Carabe" near the Academia gallery. But... just to be sure.... we may go back tomorrow to check. And the next day....
CARABE--The BEST ice cream ever!!!!
And.... to finish for today... we are uploading the video of the opening again. I think the first time we uploaded it directly and it was too small. Here is a link to the same video of the opening of the show now posted on YouTube... enjoy!
Here is the link if the above doesn't work in your browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CK4PILwDv4
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