Just thought I should say something about my impressions regarding markets and breads in Italy. The markets are good, but so far, they are geared towards clothes, with very few food and vegetable stalls. There are always a couple of cheese and meats stalls, and one of cooked meals (lovely) and a couple of vegetables ones, but, I'd say it is 90% clothes and 10% for the other two. Unlike France where they were definitely about fresh and most importantly, local produce, with some little stalls where all there was for sale where a few baskets of home grown tomatoes and the like. A much more pleasurable experience, even though I have already bought a dress and a top on the market.
Another thing I have noticed is the quality of bread. ASDA has nothing to be ashamed of. I use to love the olive bread from Asda. The majority of breads here are on the hard/crusty side, And, as they do not like you to touch anything on the shops, you can't be sure the bread will be nice. The fresh foccacias em Emilio Romagna were a case apart and wonderful, but, really to eat there and then. As things here are very regionalised, no fresh foccacias to buy here.
Having a quiet day at home, hubby not feeling brilliant. Wonder if that glass of grappa at lunchtime yesterday has anything to do with it! Wonderful lunch yesterday, special place. Yummy.
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