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More Tuscan history

The Scottish market

Scottish events in and around Santa Maria Novella

But the Scots take over elsewhere
[Jane Whittle]

Hark the bagpipes play and all good Celts take heed....
If you are entitled to wear a kilt (as all good Scots know, you need to be a member of a clan), get it out, put it on and follow the sound of the pipes or the scent of haggis or whisky... you will soon find yourself in Piazza Santa Maria Novella. Native Scots suffering from homesickness or nostalgic American Scots will be thrilled to find their very own Scottish market plus other initiatives organised around a Florence-Scotland twinship and the Winter in Florence events.
Here you can find a Scottish Market selling typically Scottish products (will any of the Florentines be daring enough to buy a haggis?), and where the wary but more probably the addicted (!)- can taste pure Scottish malt whiskies and other specialities. It will warm the cockles of your heart on a cold Florentine day (and don’t forget whisky is considered by the Scots and the English alike as a marvellous cure for head colds (hot and laced witth milk or lemon) - a knockout cure! The market is open from December 3rd to 11th, from 10am to 7.30pm.
The other supporting events, aimed to try and give an idea of the importance of the history and customs of this wonderful Celtic country, open with a Scottish band parade, complete with bagpipes and drums, through the city centre on Saturday December 3rd. An exhibition by Scottish painter Charles Harris at the Ancient Perfumery of Santa Maria Novello (entrance from Via della Scala), opens on the same day and can be visited, during shop opening hours, until Sunday December 11th; then there will be guided whisky tastings with the Single Malt Club of Scotland, evenings of Scottish dancing (dates as yet to be decided), and an exhibition of photos taken in Scotland by photographer Andrea Pistolesi. The Starhotels company is sponsoring the event.

For further info: Tel. 055.215381 - 055.2645356.
mercato.scozzese@tin.it


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