Mmmm, coffee...

A five minute walk from our apartment in Florence is the Mercato Centrale (I’ll leave you to do the translation).  It is a large two storey indoor market built relatively recently, when Queen Victoria ran most of the world, and Florence became the capital of the newly formed Kingdom of Italy.  If you are looking for that leg of cured ham or some fresh tripe it is the place to come, but it is also an excellent place for a cappuccino and a paste (pastry) before buying the daily supplies for lunch and dinner (i.e. Shirls buys and Bruce nods approvingly).