Venice Masks New!!!		Tuscany Coutryside New!!!		Sant'Agata Festivity in Catania New!!!
Rome Gallery		People in the streets of Rome		NEW!!! The Fish Market in CATANIA Now that you've seen the charm of the Romans strolling in the streets of their capital, lets move down the peninsula to the South, where we can discover the warmth of the Sicilian Sun. The photos you will see have been shot at the fish market in Catania, a place where the surprire raised by the sight of fish difficult to imagine mingles with the smiles and geniality of the Sicilian people producing a truely divine cocktail for the senses. Let me tell you a little anectode which beautifully conveys the atmosphere of this special place... It was two o'clock in the afternoon under the glare of the scoarching August sun. I was in the store taking pictures and indulging in the peculiar air of the place that gave me the idea of a reunion of family and friend's more than that of a regular day's work at the market. As the working day drew to a lazy end, one of the fishmongers approached me with a plastic bag full of little squid. He and his family had caught them the very same morning and they where so fresh they still smelled like the sea. He told me, 'Why don't you take these, I didn't sell them and you could cook yourself quite a nice dinner with them tonight!' Incredulous, I replied, 'But I dont have any money to pay you with, and besides I'm staying at a hotel. I really wouldn't know where to cook them.' 'It's a gift,' he said, 'you can go get them cooked for you at Tonino's, my Uncle's restaurant near the castle, tell him that Luigi sends you.' At this point, my new friend Luigi gave me the bag of fish, and he left before I could invent another polite excuse to refuse his generous offer. And so, I ended up setting out for Tonino's afterall. After having spent at least half an hour at the door of the restaurant winnining over my shyness, I entered with the dripping bag of fish and asked Tonino for the favor. He satisfied my request with a great uproar of goviality and with the best squid dinner I had ever had. This is Sicily. This is Catania... and her fish market.
Rome is a place where you have to tie your laces tight before you go for a walk, because once you set out you won't have too much time to be looking at your feet. In your trip to Rome you will discover a place where the austerity of the Classic, Rennaissance and Medieval monuments mingles with the sponteneity of it's modern citizens. You'll get the chance to have lunch at a small table outdoors in the mild weather at a typical restaurant in the city center. You will be able to listen to an improvised concert in a Rennaissance piazza, and to admire the works of painters that portray with their art an even greater work of art... Rome!!!
To contact the Photografer Tommasogalli@hotmail.it