Livorno, I love you. I love your piazzas
and statues, your brickwork and pavements, your streets and canals. I love the
sound of water lapping against old stone and the musical rise and fall of your
language. I love your one legged pigeons. I love your graffiti and your church’s
trompe l’oeil murals that convince me I could walk through paint and plaster
into light and shadow. And I love your mercato
centrale, your fishmongers and butchers, stalls that sell candies and
knitting wool, herbed mozzarella and ripe black figs. Livorno, I love your
ordinariness, your honesty. The faces of your people. Your grazies and your pregos. And
Livorno, perhaps you love me too.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYODVWV4f5-rRHroF8aIy_7_cSqOMyeEtLW_tpvyn8_pMtFc0JDSLKzrQO6nfHqSY-YxVFS-jJQe-PWgxBCrPAUhwFzEmHbnK3wlzgY6_EDCg1ePgoetfas5ubDdwshV6WR6o9Hh6Eps12/s400/la+maroccaina.JPG) |
I'm unsure if I have the spelling right but 'la bella signora' at Caffetteria da Lori in the central market
told me this coffee was called 'la marocaine' (pronounced 'marokenna'.) |
And here are the rest of my Livorno photos, the city that captured my heart.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_qvJ-O6yjobjSHUGJq8seEfiPEozW05Jv4qs7R7RC0T4TvuIz4YtRGYFtjY4v_U-hfvEQjAXHiM3ltRMJTfDy7o0MlziUXFKPaEzqyR7rWrUJII9QUCwDLz-ab1KfZmorVfPZniMSJQ5/s400/1.market+5+cafe.JPG) |
Love Lori's coffee bar |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqAuPBw3ylna8_xxC-plpwN9o3idl8ioLdXcEwS18tUktaqiYjpPyghRKqs3cMQYn9KSWWOuezeIC1Rh9lhKBQsyB-oulYWbdeKWrz_r125lc2eQPop7Zxt1zuXqrkdFqN7yXvBAenO8w/s400/1.venezia+1.JPG) |
Love the old quarter |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMarhv6Zpjj__HJzqFzvXpEQlrysAZb8jVLAq7zrKWrnYZpv7HsFSuCexeK-vQFPhSkXljpmoUeH8KeInOxlb-B_I7LC6KZ-80OJs3ARItIkG0tSfz8NHap9tY15ahWr0KpK7rgveIB-6/s320/2.market+4.JPG) |
Love the central market |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lhIytWaGQoR0FHqZF7T9LrZiaSiGPO_zEHBPFEH75KNwQrcqhbJMDH-BJsfzi5jBOuYL8liC6a7KBy4O5v3R6FJUS47aOvakoUdtpXLjNXGFs4AjQUtYq0irXN6zhI8Roe0qwweeprbW/s400/3.church+2.JPG) |
Love the trompe l'oeil painting at Santa Caterina |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRoMg8vqdtNsHqPTE3-UKeYqBuF-0SQOMti1CPdFfz0o8VojgwT1ofJGZ_Mv7x1KAJXvKhXrFBOiHJC-gOTCCVYXAQg-ttX045zLbAidh2QymkZdd6o7r8hWq9OsSD_WLe_vTlG4cqIqes/s400/3.one+legged+pigeon.JPG) |
Love the one legged pigeon |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC8G5hY1a8v2Tvxq144x3idFS5tvngu-gwt7DDm1CMnZj-Hff2dHrDzhrVFYRw4xpuCyCt7H3OcysAvApc07j_cbD0Y2QjuqPBbW2d8Ucm2S5V4Op6pVpe0pSwpqK59zI-C3IS1WarVRH/s400/4.grafitti.JPG) |
Love the street graffiti: the Madonna, Palestine and Claudia. |
Hungry Writing Prompt
Write, and keep writing, about what and who you love.
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