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:

Luis Gomez said...

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

Michelle said...

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

Jim said...

The pillar is truly amazing.

Traveling Hawk said...

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.

Small City Scenes said...

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

Dina said...

Felafel in Livorno? Great.

VP said...

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

cieldequimper said...

What a gorgeous pillar. Polenta falafels?

joo said...

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

VP said...

@ 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.

brattcat said...

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

Cezar and Léia said...

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

EG CameraGirl said...

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.

Halcyon said...

Some funny details today!

Randy said...

Nice variety of photos.

Kaori said...

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

Gunn said...

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

Unknown said...

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

Jack said...

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