Category: Firenze story

“Non avere il becco di un quattrino”“Not have the beak of a penny” – The word “beak” is used as a reinforcement that emphasizes the scarcity of quantity (and can mean, referring to a husband or fiancé, betrayed and derided). “ “A caval donato non si guarda in bocca”“Never look a gift horse in the […]

“I, for example, am now sure I love only you”. Vasco Pratolini, The Girls of San Frediano San Frediano today remains one of the few neighbourhoods where the people of Florence and Florentine tradition come together. Usually you end up in Oltrarno at least 48 hours after you arrive in Florence. The Oltrarno, which literally […]