An unusually impulsive decision was taken by F & M in September to spend New Year abroad, and despite every effort of threatening airport strikes we made it to Rome, where I had lived for 3 years until not so very long ago.
After a late lunch in Trastevere, we tracked down the artisan chocolate shop just off Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere. I remembered their delicious 'cioccolatini al diavolo', a soft fondant chocolate lightly dusted with mild chilli; not enough to blow your socks off, but just perfect for giving you a warm tingle on a cold day. Armed with our little packet of chilli, soft-filled butterflies and crunchy pistacchio chocolates all wrapped and ribboned we set off to walk the city, an old friend to me but new to Mckinky. We only got as far as Ponte Sisto, one of the prettiest bridges across the Tiber, before the chocs were out in the fading afternoon light.
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