Thursday 30 July 2015

Castiglione del Lago market day

Wednesday is market day in Castiglione del Lago, our nearest big town. Being a big town it has a big market. Unlike Australian markets, the Italian markets are a genuine form of shopping rather than a tourist and social event.
The stalls include fruit and vegetables, cheese and cured meat products, bread and plants. But they also are the place to buy shoes, ladies and men's clothing, underwear, toys, kitchenware (oh, I wish I had space in my case for the cooking pots on sale!), sheets & towels, books and dried goods such as herbs and spices, fruit and nuts.

We did some shopping - pears and grapes, some sesame nibbles biscuits and a whole salami with truffles. We looked at ladies sandals with bling and men's shirts but resisted.

We visited the Palazzo and also the Rocca. The rocca, or fortress, is now an open air movie theatre and we considered going to see a movie. In a few weeks time there is a comedy so we will probably go to that. Comedies are easier to understand than serious content.

Before returning home we sat and did some people watching whilst enjoying our daily gelato.








For a change we weren't the oldest things around ... these olive trees are far older.


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