I read an article this morning about a visit to a local market in Southern Italy and it reminded me of the first time I ever walked into the market at the Campo di Fiori in Rome.

Campo di Fiori’s literal translation means “field of flowers” and the first time you stumble onto it, the first thing you see are the colors. In front of you is a veritable palette of colors you can only find in nature. Sounds, scents, hues, textures…they are all here in one compact area.

I say I “stumbled” onto the market because in effect, that was exactly what I did. I had read about the Campo di Fiori and I wanted to see it but it wasn’t exactly on my top 10 list of things to do while I was in Rome. Even though I was in Rome for two weeks, my sight-seeing would be limited to mostly weekends because I was really there to take classes and my school schedule started fairly early in the morning and usually ended after 8:00pm in the evening. Combined with homework that had to be completed in order to get my certification, my time was limited.

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