Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Vacation Eats: Italian Coffee

This is a post in my "Vacation Eats" series. I'm posting about various eating and drinking experiences I had on our 2011 Vacation Extravaganza -- Pittsburgh, Boston, Italy, Paris, Pittsburgh. A link to all posts so far is available here. The idea is to lose all the pounds I gained by the time I'm finished with this posting series!

This is under-photographed, but coffee means only one thing in Italy:  espresso.  You can add milk to it, but the base is always espresso.  And you'd best not add milk if it's after 10 a.m.!



Pictured above is a typical Italian bar, with people there in the morning getting coffee.  But note there is also a full wall displaying hard liquor.  We were walking around the area and eventually went back to this bar for coffee (the picture below).  While we were in there, this woman walked in.  Looked to be mid-40s, fairly well dressed, seemed perfectly normal, possibly on her way to work.  She ordered a shot of vodka, pounded it, paid her tab, and left.  Crazy!  We cracked up.  Guess it was going to be a tough day at the office! 

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