Last night was a quick aperitivi session for Daniele's birthday. I wasn't intending to go originally as there is such a lot of studying to do right now, but having had the finance resit (easier this time I think - we will see) I decided to have a night off. Like all good aperitivi it metamorphasised into a much longer session than we intended. In a radical break with tradition, we moved away from our normal La Portizza / Bar Marino routine to a small enoteca named Nanut, just around the corner from the market where I buy my fruit in the mornings.
Nanut, curiously enough, is also the name of the Dean of our school with whom we had a meeting over drinks and doughnuts today. Italy tends to be pretty formal so this kind of informal chat was a new thing for the school and for a lot of the students too, but it went well and I think we will do it again.
But Enoteca Nanut was lovely - a really wide selection of wines and a gorgeous setting with stone walls and a big wooden bar. Massimo - in the front of the picture above - is our resident wine expert and picked a fabulous red from Sardegna for us to enjoy. In usual Trieste style we got lots of free nibbles, including hams and cheeses to mop up the vino - this is a necessity as we rarely have time to eat dinner these days as we are at school til late.
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