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1) We have a great fromagerie around the corner, so we're still able to enjoy French cheese. Phew! 2) The nuns at the Catholic maternity clinic across from our apartment have been coming out on their roof terrace to join the 8pm applause for the health care workers, and then staying on to sing a couple of songs for the neighborhood. Complete with tambourines 3) Zonked out 4) Sunday is now pizza day! This one from last week was sautéed red onions, red peppers and Spanish chorizo 5) There were flour, egg and sugar shortages at the beginning of the lockdown, so when I walked into our local G20 grocery store and spotted this, I felt like I'd won the lottery

1) Monti 2) Fontana delle Tartarughe 3) A difficult  choice! 4) Oculus 5) The classic

Oh, Bologna! What have you done to me? You had me the minute I stepped up to the counter at that busy neighborhood café and ordered an espresso - it was deep, deep brown with notes of bitter chocolate and had the perfect amount of chestnut colored crema on top. I ordered a prosciutto  panino  alongside and once I took a sip and then a bite, I was hooked. Then I asked for the bill. The total came to €2.30. I had to look again. €2.30? Only €2.30? For a perfect espresso and a prosciutto di Parma sandwich? How soon can I move? Then of course, there is the gelato. Have you ever tasted salted pistachio gelato? Not just pistachio, but salted pistachio? It will change your life (kind of like Normandy salt butter , of which I'm sure Italy has its own version). But so will the fresh strawberry gelato (in season). The pine nut and mascarpone. The hazelnut. The sour cherry. The dark chocolate. The Sicilian lemon. Basically, you just want give up every other kind of food and only eat gel...