Mercato Centrale Florence

Lovely relaxed start to the day today. Following a leisurely breakfast we headed to Florence's Mercato Centrale but on the way we stopped for a few more photos of the Duomo, Florences famous cathedral.

The cathedral named in honor of Santa Maria del Fiore is a huge Gothic structure, the exterior covered in a decorative mix of pink, white …

This morning Laura and I had breakfast on the veranda at the hotel around 8:30 and checked out the weather for both Florence and Siena as we have a Tuscany trip on Sunday to Siena, San Gimignano, and Pisa. Looks like decent weather today in Florence but storms are coming in and the forecast isn't good for our Tuscany trip.

We have museum …

My mother's maiden name is Elvira Maddelena Moriconi, so with rich Italian roots like that, it was natural that we supported Italy in their semi-final match against Germany on Thursday night in Euro 2012. We had expected to find many restaurants in Florence with screens for the game, but the Florentines are clearly not as into football as the rest …

Day 3

Of course off to Café Scudieri and, upon entering, we are greeted with a wonderful smile by the gentleman that served us the first day. We are regulars now, so we know the drill and order up. Our conversation turns to what we want to do/see before we check out and pick up the car we are renting for our Tuscany adventure. It’s …

The very initial plan was to head to, because we wanted to check Space, the Prada outlet, out. However, we decided against it because there wasn't even enough time for Florence alone.

We went to the Central Market for the famous Lampredotto at Nerborne. Really really good! I had cow stomach before but this has to be one of the best ways …

Thursday, July 15, 2010 – Florence

We started the day off late, and started our morning slow. Went down to the central market and saw the main marketplace for food in the city. This was like many of the European markets I have seen, with meat and fish counters, fresh fruits and veggies, flowers, and pasta. It always amazes me how …

... inside and buy something but if they didn't how would they make any money? Anyways, I walked past San Lorenzo and the  Mercato Centrale to attempt to find Oviesse, in the Coin family but a little cheaper. I finally found it on Via Nazionale, not ...

... We made our way around these stalls first where more beautiful produce was on display, possibly even looking more fresh than that at Mercato Centrale, and among the veggies and fruits was a meat stand that was selling pork. I knew this because the whole ...

We have heard of the Central Market since we arrived as a place where we could go shopping for just about anything. It's true, you can get almost any kind of meat, vegetable or fruit you can think of. Inside a sort of nondescript metal and steel ...

... for our daily sight-seeing. This is usually the way we find good coffee, too! A must whilst in Florence is a visit to Mercato Centrale - a large, indoor, fresh food and providore market, much like Queen Victoria Markets in Melbourne. The stalls ...

... .  However it is not quite as nice as I have my hopes up for but it is still a nice city.  Around the Mercato Centrale there are many street stalls selling leather goods, the market it's self is quite good and the fruit sellers are very kind to ...

... the meaning of (or can relate to) sculptures more than paintings. All that art made us hungry ....we walked down to the Mercato Centrale area to eat on the patio of Trattoria Za-Za'.... A little bread, a little vino, Cacciatore and carbonara (sorry ...

... from Sweden (did not know each other before arriving here). Together the four of us have gotten lost going to and from the Mercato Centrale for a quick lunch (see picture) and hung out in smoggy sunshiney mornings. Today after class we went in search of ...

... Michelangelo, but as far as we are concerned, there is only one "Dave", and he's in the Accademia. Being close to Mercato Centrale, we returned for Ches to buy gloves for the girls and some perfume for herself (Georgio at half the price in ...

... Croce and the Chocolate Festival. Fabulous people watching time. Monday the museums are closed and so we went to the Mercato Centrale which is where everyone does their grocery shopping, locals and local restaurants... just ogled at everything. Catch ...

... be viewed as separate pieces in a local museum - don't remember the name.  From there, we made our way to the "Mercato Centrale" where we wandered through the vendors for just a short while.  We purchased some 16 ties for Jack and boys from my ...