{"id":394,"date":"2018-12-09T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/?p=394"},"modified":"2020-04-20T11:20:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T11:20:23","slug":"what-a-wonderful-eventful-december-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/09\/what-a-wonderful-eventful-december-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"What a wonderful, eventful December (so far)!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>December so far has been a very eventful (and sunny) month. Every weekend there is a great event to attend.\u00a0 The weather has been particularly good, and the villages of our beautiful &#8220;Valle dei Presepi e di Babbo Natale&#8221; are looking at their best. This weekend we went to Fornoli for the <em>Fiera dell&#8217;immacolata<\/em> on Saturday, and to Barga to the <em>Festa del Cioccolato<\/em> on Sunday.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148581815940020584151325-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148581815940020584151325-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148581815940020584151325-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148581815940020584151325-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 8th of December is a festive day in Italy, the Festa dell&#8217;Immacolata, so we went to Fornoli and visited the traditional &#8220;Fiera dell&#8217;Immacolata&#8221;, a well organized market with stalls selling just about everything, from clothes to shoes, from little pets to Christmas gifts.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_145446-12097730192830360743-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_145446-12097730192830360743-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_145446-12097730192830360743-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_145446-12097730192830360743-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday there were many events around, but we love chocolate too much to miss the amazing &#8220;Festa del Ciccolato&#8221; in Barga. The village of Barga is one of the most picturesque around &#8211; a fortified medieval village set among rolling hills which has retained all its charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_115554-18243769746384905721-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_115554-18243769746384905721-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_115554-18243769746384905721-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_115554-18243769746384905721-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1230336393279407190036306-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1230336393279407190036306-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1230336393279407190036306-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1230336393279407190036306-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1229523874543929188425873-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1229523874543929188425873-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1229523874543929188425873-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1229523874543929188425873-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_123113286812946652054690-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_123113286812946652054690-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_123113286812946652054690-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_123113286812946652054690-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1230486939606587114644337-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1230486939606587114644337-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1230486939606587114644337-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1230486939606587114644337-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1231387725663083600956901-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1231387725663083600956901-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1231387725663083600956901-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1231387725663083600956901-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the squares and alleys of this beautiful village, there were lots of stalls typical of a Christmas Market.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_114808-17159259049431393121-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_114808-17159259049431393121-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_114808-17159259049431393121-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_121507-13922104356496838209-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_121507-13922104356496838209-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_121507-13922104356496838209-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1145483116603319287696128-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1145483116603319287696128-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1145483116603319287696128-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1145483116603319287696128-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But the most amazing experience has been sampling chocolate of all types &#8211; what a treat!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1137058363664284304920228-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1137058363664284304920228-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1137058363664284304920228-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1137058363664284304920228-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148547985248627050594840-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148547985248627050594840-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148547985248627050594840-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148547985248627050594840-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1134087732464301204225319-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1134087732464301204225319-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1134087732464301204225319-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1134087732464301204225319-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148581815940020584151325-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148581815940020584151325-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148581815940020584151325-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_1148581815940020584151325-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end we couldn&#8217;t resist a cup of hot chocolate, which we sipped in one of the charming squares of Barga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_131241247018622879109667-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_131241247018622879109667-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_131241247018622879109667-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_131241247018622879109667-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the afternoon we came back to Bagni di Lucca, where the kids attended a fashion show organized in the Square of Circolo dei Forestieri during another Christmas event: <em>Total Look under the Christmas Tree.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_152946-16465804731001048279-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"388\" data-link=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/20181209_152946-16465804731001048279-jpg\/\" class=\"wp-image-388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_152946-16465804731001048279-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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Every weekend there is a great event to attend.\u00a0 The weather has been particularly good, and the villages of our beautiful &#8220;Valle dei Presepi e di Babbo Natale&#8221; are looking at their best. This weekend we went to Fornoli for the Fiera dell&#8217;immacolata on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/09\/what-a-wonderful-eventful-december-so-far\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What a wonderful, eventful December (so far)!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":397,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casatolomei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}