Cernobbio and trips to Milano

The week is racing by! Our villa with friends is tucked up on the hills of Cernobbio, near Como on Lago di Como. It’s a good hour drive for us to get to Milan for Olympic events and sight seeing. The roads up here are literally just a bit wider than a sidewalk making turns and sharing the road interesting and you just sorta hold your breath as you navigate. The views are breathtaking from our balcony.

Trips to Milan have included events at the ice center like short track speed skating and also the men’s hockey quarterfinal game against CAN and CZE at Santa Guilia arena. Last night was about as exciting as it gets as we watched and witnessed the US women’s hockey team defeat CAN in the final. So much buzz and energy in that place. Soar throat from the yelling. What a thrill to be there live.

Also have taken in views of the Duomo and Galleria and had a tour of the Teatro alla Scala, historic opera house in Milan. It was built in 1778, where many composers wrote and conducted works including such greats as Rossini, Puccini, Verdi and Toscanini. We saw a quick glimpse of a rehearsal for an upcoming performance- Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. This is based loosely on characters from Germanic heroic legend, namely Norse legendary sagas and the Nibelungenlied. The sets were outstanding and the opera house is beautiful.

We have two full days left on our trip! Ciao for now.Read more