Open market in Pistoia Tuscany Italy re start restart reopen life is back , people are back in the streets shopping and fun in town , another sign of hope … More Open market in Pistoia is back after lockdown !
Buongiorno from my birthplace, Pistoia! This morning I after having visited the clothes market that as I wrote in another post of some time ago, it is on Wednesday’s & on Saturday’s in the main square of Pistoia since the Middle Age, I took a walk at the vegetable market on the “Piazza de La … More Summer colors of Pistoia : sun is here,on our food market today
What about having a taste of France in piazza della Santissima Annunziata in Florence? Not just food but even scented soaps ,parfums, herbal infusions , clothes , lovely hats, table cloths and much more. As soon as I ‘ve been arrived in the piazza suddenly I felt like being in France but on the back … More A bite of France in Florence
Love markets like this : full of nice stalls with organic food & aromatic herbs coming from the countryside full of different kind of people, a real melting pot !any kind of food fresh straight from the producers , hard hands & tanned faces so different from the citizen ones I love the feeling they … More A typical Italian – freak – market in Florence
Why should you visit Pistoia? Not just because it is my birthplace , of course! ( or maybe…. just for this ?) not only because it is crowned Italy’s capital of culture in 2017 but first of all for its geographic position in Italy in the second century BC it was chosen by the Romans as a … More Where is Pistoia? More than 10 reasons to visit this hidden gem in Tuscany , Italy’s capital of culture in 2017!
Have been invited to visit this Pistoia’s beautiful reality from a French client I met in my husband restaurant . So funny to get in touch with a Pistoia’s factory through a foreign !Mr Jacques du Mulin is ELLEMME ‘s agent for France since more than 20 years so he knows very well this factory … More MadeInPistoia: EllEmme , since 1968 Italian quality knitwear factory
Shoes are one of my passions since I was a child : my father was a footwear agent for the export market so I’ve had the chance to smell , see , touch & try many samples : from ballerinas to high heel pumps , sandals, boots, mules ….all of them made in Italy , … More MAASAI PROJECT sandals & bags by Pikolinos in Florence
Some shots I took last Wednsday in Duomo square , just having a sort of slalom among teints & the old buildings :a different point of view..in my birthplace – Pistoia – a lovely little gem in Tuscany, enjoy!
I was missing this place! Finally I was back last week & enjoyed every corner of it, every stall, every colour! So crowed in the morning & so many different kind od fruits & vegetables & the puntarelle to be shipped in vacum too! It made me think to Florence the nice & pittoresque San … More Roma : Campo dè Fiori & its colours
Just a walk in my city on Wednsday or on Saturday morning to see an example of real Tuscan life in its streets! Not just food stalls but clothes too & a nice cup of cappuccino for a chat with a good friend from Ireland who chose to live in my birthplace ❤️😍☕️☕️ Enjoy my … More Pistoia : what to do on Wednsday? market here ,with food & clothes
Have a look to this old & noble private palace – Palazzo Caluri in the past – now offers rooms , suites & apartments for everyone who loves to live a special Tuscan experience in the city center of my birthplace, Pistoia. Love the name “locanda ” as it is what was been called … More Pistoia : a lovely old palace where to stay if you wish to visit my city
You know I love my birthplace , Pistoia, as I am writing about it since some years on my blog & posted many many photos on Instagram & Twitter of it. So now that has been just declared the Italy’s city of culture in 2017 I think you should follow my blog & have a … More Pistoia, in Tuscany, it’s a hidden gem to be discovered with ….me!
Saturday morning is the busiest day of the week : crowded of people a many Italians don’t work & mist of all it is market day . This morning wanted to show you how appears my city seen from the market’s teints . A deep blue sky was helped a lot , a great frame … More Pistoia : my city seen from the markets teints
Sunday before Christmas in Florence is usually very crowded but … over the river Arno it’s another atmosphere! This is what I saw yesterday : a nice small market with different kind of products , from food to flowers to clothes : piazza Santo Spirito with its church & trees made me feel as … More Florence : Christmas market in Santo Spirito
Why should you visit Pistoia? Not just because it is my birthplace , of course! ( or maybe…. just fot this?😂😜) first of all for its location in Italy in the second century BC it was chosen by the Romans as a stretegical basis between North & South : the actual Duomo square became in … More Where is Pistoia? More than 10 reasons to visit this hidden gem in Tuscany
Cannot find better words to describe my town , Pistoia , than those used by the American journalist , Barbara Jones , that I had the pleasure to meet in 2008 . She wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News and in her article she describes so well the city and its beauties … More Pistoia : a medieval,hidden gem,in Tuscany
What a better way to start a summer day than leaving our men on the beach & go to the market for some shopping & chats ? Nothing! So many original things on these stalls just in the small heart of , San Pantaleo , a village on the Emerald coast . During the summer … More Sardinia : shopping & fun ( for ladies only !)at the seaside market
Where do you try shoes at the market ? on the floor , of course! Usually on a piece of paper so the soles will stay clean 👍😉 So funny to try a pair of shoes in the street! Everybody can watch at you( as I did this morning & took some picts without been … More Pistoia market : shoes & bare feet
Since I was child July was a very happy month for me : first of all because of my birthday on the 5th 🎉🎊🎁🎁🎁🎂🎂🎉than , on the 25th the patron’s celebration – Sant’ Jacopo -with Giostra dell Orso ( a kind of Palio in Siena : an horse race in the main square of … More Made in Pistoia : enjoy July with Pistoia Blues Festival!
Just close the beach a huge display of clothes & home decors items & …bees. & organc honey from the local mountains , Carrara marble comes from here , & lots of sun ☀️☀️ On Monday morning , every week of the year , enjoy!
tasting & walking tour to immerse myself in The real Lisbon ‘s atmosphere with its colours, smells & goodies! Mountains of codefish, ( They call it The sea pork as They eat everything of it : toungue & chick too)sardines & pata negra ham so expensive & so lightly tasty as no one else …extra … More My Lisbon : a Food tasting tour remembering Sardinian flavours
Pistoia city hall , Comunale palace ,An extraordinary open by FAI www.fondoambiente.it a sort of an Italian Heritage Trust that dedicates a springvweek end For special openings & guided Tours Of hidden places usually closed to public. Led by volounteers of Art students from Pistoia’s high School & from The Architecture University of Florence , dressed with … More Pistoia : hidden gem’s treasure in Tuscany
Twice a week , on Wed & Sat ️morning , in the Duomo square of Pistoia – since The Middle Age ! – the market takes place : same location ,different kind Of goods . In The past centuries Just food stalls & animals nowadays clothes , shoes, flowers , plants & household goods. … More Made in Pistoia : Saturday shopping at the market
Pistoia is located in a stateglical place : about 50 km. From The coast on The beach & about 70 from The mountains Where We can sky. I ️️was at this market last Wednsday to Have a ️Look to The market located in The biggest square of The small village on The Tuscan cost. In … More Forte dei Marmi ~ Tuscany~ fab & glam Shopping at The market
Love this food Paradise ️sooo much & I Want to share it with you😍👍 I am Sure you Will like it too. Here are ️my reasons : 1.The location ( Just near The Shard, few steps from The tube station) 2. The colours ( so ️many, so different , so ….wow!)from vegetables to fruits 3. … More #Boroughmarket #London :Ten reasons to visit
Piazza del Duomo square Seen from My Bank , Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the oldest Bank in The world ~ founded in 1472 ~ looks like a painting , an old postcard . Since The middle age This square was a meeting point for merchants and it was the perfect location For an Open … More Pistoia seen by a privilegiated view!
On Thursday morning if you have the chance to be in Sardinia on the Emerald coast you really can’t miss this Open air street market! You can find many different kind Of things : handmade hats,vintage sun glasses, clothes Of course!, bags, jewels , small handmade sardinian souvenir to hang in your summer house and … More My pills Of Heaven : Sardinia ,San Pantaleo street market
On Thursday’s Morning we have market ! Lots Of colours : fruits , vegetables, cheese,honey, biscuits, clothes , tapestry, carpets and more… Follow me , have a Look at this, Enjoy!
They come and go with a slice of chocolate cake in one hand, a hot cup of tea in the other an easy way of having a break in the easiest city of the world
Love Portobello market not on Saturdays – full of tourists – love the food stalls with all the aromas coming from different kind of food traditions London is made of this : a wonderful mix of cultures and specialities from all over the world all together concentrated IN HERE
Found This nice shop in Lucca with vintage clothes and accessories: can’t help thinking about My Sundays in London visiting the original Camden Town markek with its stalls full Of coloured scarfs & clothes surrounded by any kind of people , smelling ethnic food & the Camden Lock
Old books , the flea-market in Lucca : they brought me back to the school times, old times, nice memories, English books so charming to me..
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