We arrived in Firenze (Florence) on September 14. It was the longest part of our trip, and supposedly what was to be our most relaxing city. We rented a villa (more to be posted later with a couple of overall views - it was pretty amazing)... rented a car (I stand corrected, a 9 passenger VAN with a stick shift)... and toured Italy. That's where our culinary adventure began as well. Let me introduce you to some of the amazing deliciousness of Italy (albeit - a small flavor)...
Just to provide proof that we were in fact in Firenze. Here is our first sight of the Duomo as we came in from the train station.
Our villa (sorry to tease, there will be more later on the villa) was situated just up the road from San Martino alla Palma, about 45 minutes outside of Firenze. When we asked for a supermarket, we were told to go to (phonetically) "ibercompt".... apparently that translates to ipercoop. It was insane... It was like a Walmart Supercenter, but different. There were other shops there, outside of the grocery store. One of the ipercoops that we went to had a shoe store, an electronics store, and a lingerie store. I mean, what else do you need? Upon entering though - this is the sight that we saw ---- meat (prosciutto in mass quantities....) and salamis. It was so weird. And, you must wear gloves whenever you touch produce lest you be met with angry stares.
Down our street from our villa, there was a pizza place that we went to our first night. While we all ordered pizza, Katie ordered pesto pasta which was pretty fantastic. I decided I needed to document the wonders of Italian pasta...
Down in the heart of Firenze, having a bite to eat and a glass of wine. Sitting on the piazza and watching as people walk by.
Palazzo Vecchio as seen through wine... Yumm!
Again, Katie gets the most exciting and delicious meals. We didn't quite know what to make of it.
We ended up at the pizza place down the hill more than once. Here is a sampling of the pizzas we had, and they were amazing. The crust is the real winner here - and us who ate it of course.
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