The first night that we arrived our awesome neighbors, originally from the UK by way of Beligium, Amsterdam and the US, took us shopping (groceries and to Ikea for bedding and dishes, etc). Did I say they are awesome? They are awesome!!!
Since then, many trips to different stores for needed furniture and groceries. We quickly learned to drive ourselves using the maps and Siri on our phones. Who knows if we are following all the rules properly and I except to see a speeding ticket because it is too much fun driving with all these round abouts and few stop lights. But that's a future post.
Back to shopping in Italy, figuring out new brands, how to read the product labels and determine what it is that you are buying - - still, not so easy.
Milk and eggs are sold not in the refrigerated section of the market.
Instead you will find a display like this or eggs in cartons on regular shelves.
There is plenty of cheese to choose from...I am in heaven!
The selection of salami and ham is to die for... and no, we did not buy that huge salami. :)
Pasta, pasta, pasta. Bless the people who make this each day. Fresh pasta is delicious.
All of this being said, it once took me 45 minutes to find salt and sugar in my grocery store. I found 4 aisles of vino, 3 aisles filled with different kinds of cookies, and 4 or 5 aisles of pasta but salt and sugar - seriously were hiding.
By the way, a girl can live on a combination of wine pasta and cookies.
Who needs salt (sale) or sugar (zucchero)?
Our Italian adventure continues. We spent a day at Lake Como and visited the small village of Bellagio while there. Photos from that trip to be posted in a few days.
Today we are off on a 2 day trip to Florence and Pisa.
Follow me in Instagram @lorimoonstudio to see a few images an then check back next week for a blog post with pictures from our adventure.
Wow-That food looks pretty good and you didn't even need to go to a special upscale store to buy it...hope your trip was great and look forward to seeing the pics.
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