Day 20 - Prada Outlet and Panzano the butcher

Yippee! What a fun day for me . First we stopped at the Prada outlet (Space). It was huge ! It was filled with tons of stuff and there were tremendous deals!!! My kids came prepared with their books so when they got bored they went to the cafe and read. They were very patient. Upon entering the store you are given a number and as you leave each department you simply give the salesperson your number and your stuff and it goes on reserve. When you are done shopping all your stuff is waiting for you at the cash! Just saying...cashmere sweater 70 Euros!!!

Next we went to another outlet about 20 minutes from the first. It's called the Mall. The Mall had all sorts of designers: YSL, Balenciaga, Prada, Armani, Pucci, Gucci.... 2 amusement parks in 1 day!!! Lucky gal!!

Before we left Montreal, I bumped into Stacy Gurman at Metro and she told me that her family's most memorable night in Italy was at the Restaurant SOLOCICCIA, owned by the famous butcher of Panzano. It is located in Greve in Chianti in the town of Panzano. You sit family style with other travellers and and the butcher decides what you eat. The other guests at our table lived in Norway. They were a group of late 20 somethings travelling together, 2 were originally from Sweden. 3 of the 5 Norwegians were sommeliers who worked in an Italian restaurant. They took their wine very seriously and swished between each sip. The first course was mullet...PASS. 2nd course was tartar...PASS. 3rd course roast beef...looked familiar so I ate that. The night was fun and interesting as we spoke of politics etc. in our respective countries. These guys were socialists, bordering on communists. Needless to say I omitted to divulge where we spent our day before coming to dinner.