Rainy day
April 26, 2009
Rainy day in Florence… Had to take the raincoat and dress a pair or socks.
Forget sandals 
But: tomorrow will be another day.
About “Arts&Crafts” Fair 4/25-05/03
April 26, 2009
As I told you I wouldn’t miss the Arts&Crafts Fair, and yesterday we took a break and went to the Fortezza da Basso for the opening day of ART. The weather was good and lots of people were there, but it was fun.
Here are some pictures I made; the Fair worth a visit, if you are curious travellers interested in art, ecology, home design, and… food 
Obviously I went up to the first floor and visit “Gusto”, full of stands where you can taste cheeses, wines, special “prosciutti” (ham) from Tuscany, Sardegna, Emilia-Romagna, sword fish and tuna fish cream from Sicily, typical “arancini” from south Italy (arancini is a fried small ball that south italians eat as “street food”: rice+tomato+mozzarella).
I love cakes and biscuits from Sicily and obviously I had my “cannolo”, which is a fragrant roll with “ricotta cream” and slices of almonds and organic orange candies (ricotta is a fresh cheese that we use for savoury dishes like ravioli and home-made cackes too).
There are stands of organic beer (we bought a bottle of beer made from chesnuts which is fab!), chocolate, and typical egyptian pralines.
Also, you can stay there and have your lunch/dinner, since there are areas with typical restaurants and bar, or stands where you can find japanes food, panino with tripe, fried fish, grilled meat…
A nice experience you can’t miss to understand italian way of life.
