Galleries, Castles and Parties

Local time: Sunday 13 September 4:10pm


Okay so this is what I did since my last post:

On Friday I spent the whole day doing what I said I would in my last post: First of all Pinocateca Ambrosiana, the gallery which houses the 'Codex Altantis', otherwise known as Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks. It seemed as if in every room there was a man in a suit and a namebadge, eyeballing you to make sure you didn't steal anything. After that I went to Via Torina and bought some shoes which I am wearing now, and discovered that in Italy I am a Large, which made me depressed so I didn't buy any clothes. I went home for lunch then got the Metro a couple of stops to the Castello Sforzano. The castle is the ancient stronghold of Milan, which now houses 10 museums. I didn't see all 10 but saw three that looked interesting: The Museum of Ancient Arts, which had over 2000 examples of ancient art and architecture, one of the sculptures being Michelangelo's unfinished 'Rodanini Pieta', which was cool for me because I studied this in school, and yes you were allowed to take pictures: Also the Museum of Decorative Arts which was pretty much like walking through someone's lounge every 500 years or so, from the 1200's to the 2000's, and the Museum of Musical Instruments, where I took pictures of some ancient oboes. When I told this to Laura and Karo they both thought this was extremely funny. I guess I sounded like a geek. Friday was also Karo's last day before she moved to Holland forever, so there was a bit of a gathering at the house which took us into the wee hours of the morning. Here is Laura, Karo, and their Kiwi friend Mike. Yesterday Laura was out all day helping Karo cart her stuff acroos countires (it was cheaper to buy an extra airfair for Laura and have her take another suitcase for Karo, than to ship any of Karo's stuff). So I laid low with the house to myself until afternoon shopping started (all the shops are closed between about 12.30 and 3 for everyone to go home for lunch and a sleep) and I went out and did some shopping.

A bit later today me and Laura are going up the Duomo again so I'll take some fantastic pictures for you :)

Ciao