Tuesday, December 7, 2010

“Iubita: te iubesc”

La Raffineria, osteria, LivornoIn English this would be a not-so-appealing “The Refinery Inn”.Display of the ice rink village, LivornoSliced and fried polenta is called “scagliozzi” here.Lion head and fishes, Livorno“Piazza della Repubblica”, a lion head and some fishes on a pillar.Florist cart, LivornoA cart used by a florist as display in “Via Magenta”.Iubita te iubesc, Livorno“Via Ernesto Rossi”: “Sweetheart, I love you”, in Romanian.

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19 comments:

  1. Luis GomezDecember 7, 2010 at 12:22 AM

    A very entertaining walk VP. The pillar with the lion and fish is great!

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  2. MichelleDecember 7, 2010 at 12:31 AM

    Such a great series of photos here. I love them all.

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  3. JimDecember 7, 2010 at 4:26 AM

    The pillar is truly amazing.

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  4. Traveling HawkDecember 7, 2010 at 6:16 AM

    The pillar is my favourite too! It's nice but I'm sorry one of my countryman lived his letters on the walls in your town. He would better write her a mail or an SMS, as they do these days.

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  5. Small City ScenesDecember 7, 2010 at 7:55 AM

    An interesting Sunday stroll. thanks for taking us along. I, too, like the pillar with the lion and fishes.

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  6. DinaDecember 7, 2010 at 8:02 AM

    Felafel in Livorno? Great.

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  7. VPDecember 7, 2010 at 8:03 AM

    @ Traveling Hawk - He's following a local tradition: we got thousands of these and that wall hasn't much to loose anyway...

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  8. cieldequimperDecember 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM

    What a gorgeous pillar. Polenta falafels?

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  9. jooDecember 7, 2010 at 9:44 AM

    The pilar s fabulous!I also love the cart with flowers display, and really would try The Refinery Inn:)

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  10. VPDecember 7, 2010 at 10:49 AM

    @ joo - The sign was made by the owner's father, a refinery worker for many years. The guy suggested the name and his daughter liked it.

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  11. brattcatDecember 7, 2010 at 1:18 PM

    I feel as if I've had some nice exercise in the fresh air with my eyes wide open in anticipation.

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  12. Cezar and LéiaDecember 7, 2010 at 3:38 PM

    My favorite is the flowers cart, it's gorgeous! :)
    Someone says "polenta"hmmm it's delicious!
    Léia

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  13. EG CameraGirlDecember 7, 2010 at 7:15 PM

    I think it's interesting how many photo opportunities can be found on a walk. These are the kinds of photos that tell what a city REALLY looks like.

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  14. HalcyonDecember 7, 2010 at 8:04 PM

    Some funny details today!

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  15. RandyDecember 8, 2010 at 4:47 AM

    Nice variety of photos.

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  16. KaoriDecember 8, 2010 at 5:35 AM

    The florist cart is lovely! Makes me want to buy flowers :-)

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  17. GunnDecember 8, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    I love the photo with the flowers, and the most interesting and my favorite photo is the one above the flower photo!:)

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  18. UnknownDecember 8, 2010 at 5:58 PM

    Amazing details on that pillar! Love both lion and fish.

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  19. JackDecember 9, 2010 at 3:22 AM

    The lion head and fish are great. I love to look at the architectural details and things like these embellishments.

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