La Notte Bianca

Another late post. Sorry. After Assisi, we headed out to La Notte Bianca dell’Oltrarno. What is La Notte Bianca you might ask? Translated in Italian= the white night. It was hosted on the other side of the Arno River, in the Santo Spirito/Santa Maria del Carmine/Pitti Palace area. From what I’ve heard, this happens like twice a year? Once on each side of the Arno.

During La Notte Bianca, restaurants and shops stay open until like 2 or 3 in the morning. Restaurants set up tables in the street and sell food and drinks for (very cheap) fixed prices. Ex: sangria/wine for 2 euros, or paninis for 3 euros… They also set up numerous stages with bands. There were thousands of people of all ages just roaming the streets all night. I saw young people, old people, babies, dogs, etc…

I walked around with a group of friends and listened to some of the bands. The one below placed Coldplay and Kings of Leon! It was a really fun night.




Che and her friend. (I made her take this picture because I thought all of his bracelets were photo-worthy)