Grocery

For this post I simply took pictures of some items in a promotional brochure(advertiser) for Conad, the most important food chain in the city. This will give you an idea of how much groceries costs in Italy.

At the time of writing, the euro is worth 1.45 Canadian dollars. Here is the brochure:

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Fashion

We are not interested in fashion, but I know some of you are. Here are a few pictures of what is in the shop windows on via Tornabuoni. To start with, here is a night view of via Tornabuoni itself.

Walking Along the Arno

The previous post was on the apartment, but this one has no particular theme. The last two days have been very sunny which means hot in the sunshine, but cold in the shade. On Tuesday we took a walk along the river and on Wednesday we walked outside the city centre.

Along the Arno

L'appartamento

Those who were reading our blog last year will remember that the apartment where we were staying was accessed through 5 doors that could be locked. There are only three locking doors here. First you have the main entrance on the street.

Arrival - 2016

We left Pearson's airport on Thursday December 1st, around 6:30 P.M. and were in Paris before 8 A.M. the next day. Although a connection to Florence was available an hour after our arrival, we had opted for the next connecting flight at 11:30 A.M. to make sure we had enough time to go through custom and find the right terminal. It turned out to have been a good idea as going through customs seemed to take for ever. There were only 2 customs officers. The majority of travelers were through custom in a few minutes, but three or four people, immigrants (?), took 30 to 45 minutes each to go through, keeping the line at a standstill for long periods. Many people, afraid to miss their connections, were grumbling, especially a guy with a South of France accent standing just behind us who was really fuming. There were lots of "Ah bonne mère!!!" the South of France equivalent of "Mama mia!" (and some much cruder expletives).