Year One As our first child, it’s been beautiful and challenging – keeping you safe, healthy and happy my little Julienne. Thank you for all your silly smiles and sweet kisses. Year Two How have
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Chestnut Season in Italy
we heart Chestnuts October is chestnut season in Italy and even though in Florence we don’t have apples to pick in the fall, we do have chestnuts! It has become a tradition that after we
Sagra di Castagne e Polenta / Chestnut & Polenta Festival
Sagra di Castagne & Polenta in Ronta The famous chestnut festival is located in Marradi, but we prefer Ronta (Borgo San Lorenzo), a smaller town nearby that holds a Chestnut/Polenta Festival in October. You order
Playing with Finger puppets
we love finger puppets Breakfast on the Lungarno was so much fun today (even with the stormy weather) because Julienne received a set of fun finger puppets and boy was she thrilled! Thank you zio
Breakfast at Pasticceria Gaetano
Pasticceria Bar Gaetano Pasticceria Gaetano on via di Novoli (corner of Torre degli Agli) near the Novoli area was our pick of the day. No outdoor seating and very limited indoor seating but, their sfoglia
Caffè Neri in Sesto Fiorentino
Pasticceria Neri We heard great things about Caffè Neri in Sesto Fiorentino (Via Gramsci, 809/811) about 30 minutes outside of Florence, so we decided to head out that way for breakfast. Mayo filled sandwiches This
Sunday Breakfast at Pasticceria Caldana
Pasticceria Caldana Last night, Massimo told us about the newly renovated Pasticceria Caldana (Piazza Leopoldo, 4)…so, off we went for our Sunday breakfast. sottiletto We tried a delicious new pastry (new for us) called sottiletto
Sunday Breakfast at Pasticceria Querci
Our ritual Sunday morning SMS to or from zii Cesare & Massimo: “colazione? alle 11a!”. Today’s pick was one of our favorite breakfast spots, Pasticceria Querci (Piazza Viesseux G. 2/R) near Piazza Leopolda. Sfoglia at
Julienne’s first gelato experience
Today we had a super fun play-date with Cesare, Francesca and Sara (his sister and niece). After our lunch trip to McDonald’s (I know we really have to cut the habit) … we took Julienne to