Tropical Fruit

While sailing at sea, fresh water was the most important supply. Yet it was actually very difficult to preserve. After a few days, the water no longer tasted fresh, and drinking it once it had gone foul could lead to illness.

Besides that, going without fresh vegetables for a long time could cause other problems. Early sailors prepared large quantities of alcohol in oak barrels. It was not only an indulgence, but also a substitute for fresh water.

This discovery did not become known to the world until the fifteenth century. Before that, sailing was extremely dangerous. Even if crewmen did not die from pirates or unpredictable weather, they could still die of scurvy. Becoming a sailor was a choice made out of necessity.

Reaching port not only meant gaining supplies, but also meant safety. More importantly, it meant being nourished by "love."

Sailors who went ashore would usually go "hunting for beauties" in taverns. As for the upper class, whether wealthy merchants or naval officers, they would be invited to balls.

Port cities were often like this. There were opera houses where nobles could socialize, as well as taverns for the "lower classes." Yet no matter how separate their worlds were, there would always be places where they overlapped, such as Caffè Florian and post offices.

Italy's squid ink pasta was famous. Pomona had long wanted to try that dark cuisine, but Monica and Alessandro had not allowed her to order it at Fabio's restaurant.

Antica Trattoria Poste Vecie was converted from a Venice post office. Locals did not come here much; it mainly catered to tourists.

Everyone knew that things at tourist attractions were bound to cost more. Fortunately, this place was fairly honest, and its seafood was all very fresh. But Pomona had not come here merely