Soup, La Scala, and Duomo (again)

Local time: Friday 11 September 10:20am

Hi guys, sorry I haven't blogged for a few days. Have been doing some interesting things though:

After my last post, I went to the supermarket and bought some pumpkin, and I made a big pot of pumkin soup for me and Laura. It was super yum and yes Mum, I'll make it when I get home :). Here's a picture of the last of the soup: That was all I did on Tuesday. On Wednesday I went to La Scala, which is the grandest theatre and opera house in Milan, and you were able to look both at the theatre's musuem (mostly paintings of past opera stars and items belonging to them and the musicians) and go inside one of the boxes to look at the theatre. Now I'm not sure how well the description is going to communicate just how amazing it is inside, but here goes. The whole inside of the theatre appears to be round. The stalls are flat, and at a guess I'd say have around the same number of seats as the Town Hall but it could be bigger. Then instead of having a circle or balcony, the walls are just covered with row upon row of boxes, each fitting 4, 6 or 8 people. If that description didn't work, just look it up online. I forgot to take a picture of the outside so here is one off the internet: Seeing the theatre made me want to go and see something at it, which I wasn't planning on doing. So oyesterday I went and booking my ticket to go and see the ballet Sogno di una notte di mezza estate, or in English, A Midsummer Night's Dream. I'm going on Monday night and I'm very excited!

Also yesterday I went back to Duomo (with tights on so I could go inside). It was amazing inside, words won't do it justice. Google it. I did morbidly enjoy a sculpture of 'Bartholemew Flayed', where the said Bartholemew has his skin draped around his shoulders like a scarf.
Sorry Mum, I know you'll be going 'Ew' right now.
I also climbed the steps of the Duomo to the roof. 250 steps and it was boiling hot, but definitely worth it for the view (I could have taken the lift for 3 euros more, but where's the sense of achievement in that?) Because I went around midday, it was extremely hot up there so I didn't stay long, I'd like to go back a bit later in the day sometime next week. Here are a couple of pictures, you can see that it was hot because look how shiny I am. Sorry I'm not smiling, Anna will be mad. I don't know how to rotate this, so just turn your head to the side.

Today I've got a full schedule, I'm seeing three of the museums I want to see while here, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca di Brera and Castello Sforzano. I'm also hitting the 'shopping' street Via Torina to try pick up some better shoes than the ones I brought...

Ciao