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Shopping in a Supermercato

3/12/2025

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Yes. Italy has supermarkets. Most of our shopping was done locally, especially in the local Mamma e Papa alimentary (deli). But when we did shop at the Supermercato, while there were similarities, there were many differences. 

And don't forget to wear a plastic glove to handle the fruits and veggies, or helpful nonna will put you in your place!

All photos copyright 2025, J.Finzi
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Huge lemons, but even bigger can be found on the Amalfi Coast
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Prickly Pear, or Fichi d'India
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Cardi (cardoons), used in soups, sides or fried.
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The cheese department offers an abundance of cheeses from every region, and even has a cheese monger stationed there.
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In Italy, it's not "cream cheese", it's 'Filadelfia", and is more buttery in taste than in the States.
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UHT (Ultra-High Temperature) pasteurized milk in Italy doesn't need refrigeration until it is opened. It has a shelf life of 6 months.
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In air-conditioned supermarkets, there are miles of chocolate bars. Curiously, in summer, people rarely buy it because of the heat.
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Some cereals are very recognizable. Fed to bambini (children) at colazione (breakfast).
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Bougainvillea, Wisteria and Balconies, Oh My!

5/17/2021

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If you love flowers, especially flowering vines, then Italy is the place for you. The flowering season is long and dazzling displays are everywhere, from the northern regions all the way down the Boot to Puglia, Sicily and Sardinia. Early spring is best to see the wisteria displays, but don't worry, there are many types of flowers that grow all through the season, such as the amazing tropical bougainvillea. The grow up and around houses, seemingly in an attempt to swallow them up completely. The balcony gardens are another pleasure to see when Voyaging throughout Italy. So, bring your camera, your pastels or watercolors and take in the scents of Fioritura Italia...


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Creating a Hanging Italian Wall Garden.


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--GVI
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Italian Shops - Pearl Street, NYC 1908

10/30/2020

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Pearl Street shops, 1908. (491 Pearl Street)
Grocery store, with proprietress in doorway, Cigar, Tobacco and Candy Shop and a Restaurant with sandwiches, pies, cakes, coffee and milk.
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Taxi Call Box in 1920s Milan

9/10/2020

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In the early 20th century, this type of taxi call box system might be considered the world's first Uber. And yes... it's a Fiat.

The word taxi can find its roots in the Medieval Latin word taxa, which means a tax or charge for a service.

In the 16th century, Philip of Burgundy tasked postmasters Franz von Taxis and Johann Baptiste von Taxis with instituting a fast and reliable postal service to move letters (but not people) throughout the countries of Europe. It's amazing to think that the word taxi is understood by most of the world's population--regardless of the language spoken--to mean a method of moving people from one place to another by car, motorcycle, rickshaw, bicycle or boat.

--GVI
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The Cold, Steely Art of Italian Manhole Covers

1/30/2020

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Walking down the streets of any big city in the world, you'll more than likely come across functional, but elaborately designed manhole covers. But in Italy, such beautiful practicality has been going on for a very lone time... even back to the time of ancient Rome. In fact, many claim that our GVI mascot, La Bocca della Verita was once a large manhole cover.

Enjoy the variety in this collection, and don't forget to look down once in a while while walking through Italian cities.
--Jerry Finzi
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Floor drain in the Pantheon
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Some of these are nearly 2000 years old...
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Look for this one in the Vatican
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A resident from below
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Foto del Giorno: Block Party, Pugliese Style

10/28/2018

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On the streets and back alleys of Italian towns, you might come across a communal dinner like this... a miss-mosh of chairs, tables, sawhorses and plywood hobbled together to create an impossibly long dining table--often blocks long. The celebration might be a birthday, a wedding, a baptism, anniversary or even a more organized event or town festival. But the result is the same... bringing families together in one huge feast, sharing wine, food, laughter and love.

--GVI
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Only in Italy: Parking the Donkey at the Bank

9/22/2018

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"If I am a prince and you are a prince, who will lead the donkeys?"
--old Italian saying

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Heat + Humidity + Plastic Tubs + Water = Cool

8/7/2018

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Cleaning the Forno

4/16/2018

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Market Shopping from a Gondola in Venice

3/6/2018

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You'll find this fruit and vegetable barge selling its produce at the base of Ponte dei Pugni, the bridge of fists in the Dorsoduro sestiere (neighborhood), while other vendors move from place to place using other types of watercraft. Look for them while in Venice--it's how the locals buy their fresh produce. 
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