Yesterday we visited the capital of Puglia, Bari, to attend the largest exposition of homeware in the south of Italy, similar to the UK's Ideal Home Show. It has 2000 exhibitors and typically attracts around 2 million visitors over the course of the month that it's on for, so it's kind of a big deal here and as yesterday was the last day, it was absolutely packed!
We went with some friends hoping to bag a bargain sofa for our new living room, or at least some useful ideas. What we found was an awful lot of diamante, glitter crown motifs and other totally OTT design elements! This was the advertising poster for one of the collections!
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| Would you buy a sofa from this man?! |
Probably the coolest thing I saw all day was the interior design of the Eataly newly opened in Bari. It's a deli and restaurant chain doing incredibly well internationally selling good value, wholesome Italian food, but our friends' opinion is that it won't last long in Puglia. The reality is that unlike perhaps in New York or Japan or northern Italy, their offering isn't anything new to the Pugliese who can get great priced, healthy Italian meals in hundreds of restaurants up and down the region already!
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| Eataly's espresso cup display! |
So no sofa, nor foodie inspiration but a fun day out and a great opportunity to see there's more to Bari than just the bus route between the airport and station!
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