On our way to the car we discovered an amazing display of gelato. I had previously had many a cone or dish is Italy, but nowhere was the variety as great, nor the display as attractive as here.
Deeelicious!! Italian gelato contains less butterfat than North American ice cream, so eat it with abandon!!
Liana and Rory counting their pennies. These were by far the least expensive gelatos we encountered. Only 80 Eurocents ($1.30) for a scoop. Price elsewhere was 1.5 Euros.
This cone is one I had in Lucca. It was my first one in Italy. Huge gobs of chocolate that surround something a little crispy.
The other desserts at the gelato shop looked pretty good too!
If you read the previous post, you may remember that I mentioned that we had unknowingly parked the car in less than an ideal spot, right outside the local police station. When we went to the car, another car had pulled in behind us and we were completely trapped. And it had started to rain.
Gary got us out of that situation, by going in and chatting with someone. We guessed that the person behind us was unhappy that we had taken their parking spot and had trapped us there to teach us a lesson. Luckily he was in the station and was able to let us out and seemed to be somewhat amused by our lack of understanding. Whew. We didn't need another letdown.
Taking the longer but much faster and easier route back, we passed by the Ponte della Maddalena, which is nearly a thousand years old!
Typical houses in the area.
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the ponte is butiful... good photography!
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