Penelope's 8th birthday would occur while she was in Venice with her parents, but she wanted to do a pre-birthday celebration with us during our week together in northern Italy. Having already bought her gift in Florence, we were happy to oblige. It all occurred on a travel day, from Pisa, past Florence, to Padua and our next cultural experience.
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Before embarking for Padua, we stopped at the Pisa Carrefours for an extended
shopping session at a really large ipersupermercato; above, meter-long sausages |
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Funny tomatoes; it was to be a foodie sort of day, which is fine because P is
quite a foodie |
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| For lunch, grandpa's puttanesca tapas |
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| For P and grandma, chicken cordon bleu (a new favorite) |
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| For birthday dinner, steak, mushrooms and spinach |
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| Trying the mushrooms (she likes it! she likes it!) |
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| And the spinach (ditto); garlic helps everything |
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| Grand-parental dessert |
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| Birthday girl dessert |
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| And, after a candle and singing, opening the present |
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| A silver bracelet with charms from Italian cities; happy birthday, Sweet P! |
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Great birthday!
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