You’d think, maybe even a gangster movie. But no! This was taken inside Paul, a French boulangerie and pâtisserie. It’s simply the customer paying the waitress at the cash register. I took this quick snapshot while waiting for our food, a hearty 150 gram hamburger with salad on the side. I absolutely love this photo [...]

For breakfast, we always ate in our rented apartment with fresh produce from the San Lorenzo Mercato Centrale. But if that’s not your thing, there are gelaterias, restaurants, enotecas, trattorias at every corner in town. Sometimes, it’s just trial and error. Here are the places we ate at … buon appetito! Gelateria Grom — ★★★★★ [...]

In Florence, instead of having the usual cappuccino and pastry for breakfast in a local café, we indulged on a hearty and healthy brunch in our rented apartment. We bought all our fresh produce from the San Lorenzo Mercato Centrale and stocked our tiny refrigerator with eggs, tomatoes, pecorino cheese, salami, prosciuto and organic bread. [...]