I promessi spossi

Today was our last day in Milan. It is sad each time we leave, there have only been a few places that we haven't really cared if we left or not unfortunately Milan is not one of those. I arrived here thinking oh well, we have to fill in 4 days somewhere, to this is a place I want to come back to.

We went into the city today to visit the castello (*castle). The city was closed as there was some sort of fun run, marathon thingy going on. Which is great when you want to walk around the streets.





Normally this fountain is very active with water but it must of been having a break when we turned up. It was another lovely day with the sun shining and us walking around in the public gardens, watching all the runners.




Here is Brett checking out the duck pond.







We found this spot in the duck pond that all the turtles come to sun themselves. There were about 10 of them either approaching by water or on the land itself. It was sort of funny watching them.

Today was my visit to I promessi spossi, an italian modern opera based on a book they have been talking about in classes back home for some time. So today we went and saw the opera version and it was a great spectacular and we both really enjoyed it. Not so sure about the old guy beside me who kept going to sleep. It would have been nice if he wasn't going to use his binoculars to lend them to me but oh well.








So thanks Milan for showing us a wonderful time. Tomorrow we head off to Lake Como, wonder if I can see George?

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Love Monique, Brett, Marty, Kiwi and Hooter

Location:Milan