Annalia S.'s photos with the keyword: Sant'Ambrogio

Sant'Ambrogio square is on my route home from work and a coveted spot for street musicians (see www.ipernity.com/doc/2518356/50885646) . This time it was the turn of a trio singing/playing the typical Florentine "stornelli" - folk tunes featuring often humorous tales of the life of the common folk: love, betrayal, rotten luck, mischievous youngsters, nasty bosses, sassy women and not so holy clergymen. While not quite as popular as other groups, they did have an appreciative audience, who giggled and laughed out loud at some of the (sometimes heavy-handed) humor. The singer took a break to go get some cool water for himself and his partners, so he only appears in the PIP, where he's singing the woes of a husband coming home to find his wife closeted in the barn with the next-door farmer.

Are you thinking of fixing a colorful and tasty fruit salad with real fruit that has not seen the inside of a refrigerator? Fancy a very Florentine "panino col lampredotto" for lunch? Need a summer hat? Want a bouquet of flowers for a loved one's birthday or a new potted plant for your balcony? Hungry for some pecorino cheese? Well, Sant'Ambrogio's open air market is where you want to be! After the Central Market got gentrified and "touristified", Sant'Ambrogio's is one of the very few real open air markets left and the only one near the center of town. Small but kaleidoscopically diverse (see PIPs), it's a feast for the eyes.