I just returned from Venice two days before Easter and the shops were full of decorated eggs!
The Pasticceria Marchini; one of Venice finest pasticcerias, had an explosion of heavily decorated chocolate eggs and candies.
Small ones with spring themes and holiday decorations....
Large ones in the window with Happy Easter written on them....
And the sweetest bouquet of flowers and butterflies on a larger one inside to lure you in from the street....( as is the pungent smell of chocolate in the air isn't enough!)
Walking over by the Rialto, Drogheria Mascari had a mammoth chocolate egg in their display window.
These two pasticcerias still carry on the tradition of the serious art of confection. I hope you all have a happy Easter and maybe some chocolate on the corners of your mouth!
