Trionfale

 

Trionfale is about a five-minute walk from my apartment and is one of my favorite things about my neighborhood. It is open Monday through Saturday from 7:30 to 2:30. Unfortunately, this means that I can only go on Saturday. It’s a large indoor market that contains a number of venders selling everything you need. Plus it's a great place to practice my Italian! You can get your meats, cheeses, fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, olives, wine, eggs, almond milk, cleaning products etc. Everything seems to be good quality and relatively inexpensive. I can get all my fruits and vegetables for the week for under $5.00. Most of the stalls give you a bucket to fill. Then you pick what you want and they will weigh everything for you and give you the price. The bucket filled below was about 3,50€. The arugula that I bought housed a little snail. I guess you know it’s fresh when you find little critters crawling around!

 I finally decided to try the wine. I thought one liter would be plenty but the Italians were coming with huge jugs and filling up 2 or 3 bottles! Clearly I need to be drinking more wine! I paid 2,20 Euros for my wine, which is about $3.00. The wine is literally cheaper than water.