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    • Day 73

      Home sweet home

      March 17, 2020 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      Eh niente, è finito con 2 mesi di anticipo questo viaggio che mi stava portando in 10 paesi diversi, attraverso tutti i continenti.
      Purtroppo le cose non si possono prevedere e di dal Nepal mi sono ritrovata in Italia!
      Come già sostenuto sono contenta di aver preso questa decisione, stava diventando difficile o meglio quasi impossibile.. ma soprattutto bisogna stare a casa in qualsiasi parte del mondo ci si trovi per cercare di ridurre i contagi il più possibile.
      Sono stata molto fortunata, il mio viaggio di ritorno è andato tutto alla perfezione, ovviamente aerei stra pieni (alla faccia della distanza di sicurezza) di gente che stava rientrando alla propria residenza. La cosa che mi ha sconcertato un po’ è stata la sicurezza, in un momento così terribile da per tutto, dove i contagi sembrano moltiplicarsi ogni giorno sempre di più.. non mi è mai stata misurata la febbre se non a milano (avrei potuto contagiare ben 3 aerei se positiva), la gente in giro senza mascherine che non rispettava minimamente le distanze di sicurezza. Credo che all’estero non sia ancora ben chiara la gravità della situazione! Non so...

      Per fortuna sono arrivata a casa, sana e salva. Mi spetteranno 2 settimane in quarantena senza vedere nessuno e poi potrò vedere il resto della mia famiglia.

      Non mi sento ancora pronta a trarre le conclusioni di questo viaggio perché lo continuerò, esplorerò e continuerò a girare il mondo.

      Quindi é un... to be continued!

      Per ora #stiamoacasa
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    • Day 12

      Day 1 - Milan

      August 24 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

      Today we arrived in Milan. Milan is a very different city to most other Italian cities. It has a very modern, international feel with comparisons made to cities including Vienna, Lyon or even NYC - with a dolce La vita attitude! We took a little rest today from sight seeing but did a tour of Da Vinci’s Last Supper (see separate post). In the evening we caught up with the lovely Julia who is doing a gap year in Milan.Read more

    • Day 4

      Ritrovo al tramonto ❤️🍝🍕

      December 3, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 6 °C

      Esta tarde hacemos un tour de las Maravillas de Milán en el que inesperadamente nos encontramos con Juanli y Laura 😯 no me lo puedo creer!

      El tour me gusta mucho, aunque el ruido hace de fondo hace que escuchemos alrededor de la mitad de lo que decía el guía, y aprendemos sobre el caso de Giulio Regeni y también sobre las estatuas que le concedieron a Napoleón, distorsionando bastante la realidad respecto a su silueta real 🧐

      Acabamos cenando todo juntos y en comunión y me alegro mucho de que así sea a pesar del caloret que hace en el restaurante. La pizza napolitana es mi placer y... comida para llevar? Laura y yo sabemos lo que es ese placer 🍕🍝🥡 Buonanotte! 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼
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    • Day 4

      Milano

      October 29, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      Spent the better part of two days in Milan and it was a treat. The duomo lit up in the night sky was beautiful and the bustling navigli district was fantastic. I visited the Castello Sforzesco and explored all of the museums within including the highlight; the Pieta. The Pieta is Michelangelo's last sculpture he created before he died. It depicts mother Mary holding Jesus after he was crucified.
      I also caught a Series A game of basketball before I left!
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    • Day 3

      Ein Tag in Mailand

      March 30 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Also ich muss ja sagen ich war schon in vielen Städten aber hier ist es echt krass voll. So viele Menschen auf einem Fleck habe ich selten gesehen. Aber wir haben das beste draus gemacht. Nachdem wir uns in einer der besten Bäckerei der Stadt eingedeckt hatten konnte der Tag los gehen und wir wanderten etwas abseits von den Hauptwegen. Natürlich durfte ein Besuch im Plattenladen nicht fehlen. Dort konnten wir noch ein paar Tipps für den Abend abgreifen.Read more

    • Day 2

      Tour por Milán y aperitivo 🍻

      May 13, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Hacemos parada técnica para comer (a las 4 y media de la tarde 🆘), y vamos a un supermercado típico a por provisiones: el carrefour express 😂. Vemos la plaza del Duomo, las galerías de Vittorio Emanuele, el barrio de Brera (alternativo), el castello sforzesco y el arco della pace. Cogemos rápidamente un metro para llegar al Navigli y tomar una cervecita típica italiana con una pizza con mozzarella y pesto 🤤. Vuelta a casa tempranito, que estamos ya totalmente moñecas 🥴.Read more

    • Day 10

      Mailand

      June 20, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

      Heute hatten wir eines der wichtigsten Museen in Italien besucht. Das Museum Breda. Wir hatten zu Mittag einen sehr guten Lunch. Insalate di Mare. Es war schwierig in einem Restaurant einen Platz zu finden, da viele Geschäftsleute Lunch-time hatten. Am Nachmittag gab das berühmteste Bild der Welt zu sehen. Das Abendmahl von Leonardo da Vinci. Es ist ein Fresco. Goethe war schon von den Händen auf dem Bild beeindruckt.Read more

    • Day 73

      The Last Supper

      September 25 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Seeing The Last Supper, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie around 1498, was one of our major goals for our visit to Milan this year. Getting tickets was hard; tickets for the following quarter go on sale the 19th of the month preceding that period. You have to be quick and lucky to score them as the resellers, with their bots, scoop them all up as soon as they are released. You can take tours with the resellers but it can be expensive, and at least some of the offers are scams. We wanted official tickets.

      Karl was at his computer at the magic moment and scored two official guided tour tickets. He couldn’t get an English tour, but figured our Italian was good enough for the Italian tour which was available.

      Usually, an art work on a wall like The Last Supper was done in fresco, with the pigments being applied to wet plaster, a section at a time, into which they sink, making the fresco very durable; the colors are part of the plaster when it dries. Many very old frescos still look great.

      The problem was that frescos have to be done quickly, before the plaster dries, and they have to be done right the first time, since once the plaster dries, they can’t be changed.

      And Leonardo didn’t do quickly. Ever. He worked on many projects at the same time, going from one to the other, and never even finished many of the works he was hired to do. He drove his patrons crazy!

      And, he didn’t do “get it right the first time”; he was constantly reconsidering his work and making changes. He worked on the Mona Lisa for 17 years!

      So, he wasn’t going to do The Last Supper as a fresco. Instead, he used various pigments, painting on dry plaster. Or, more or less dry, as the refectory the work is in was damp and sometimes flooded.

      His brilliant work began to deteriorate almost immediately; this was commented on within 20 years and it was referred to as being in total ruin within 90 years. The chapel it is in was bombed in WWII, and although the painting wasn’t badly damaged, that certainly couldn’t have helped.

      It has been restored something like eight times, first in 1726, and some of the early restoration efforts were crude, by today’s standards. The most recent restoration was completed in 1999.

      The restorations are very controversial; just how much of the work is still original, and how much it looks like the original, are very unclear. However, it’s The Last Supper one way or another, and we very much enjoyed seeing it. Certainly, da Vinci’s basic idea is still there, as is his very original use of perspective. Seeing it, especially from different parts of the refectory, was fascinating.
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    • Day 2

      Durch die Schweiz nach Mailand

      March 29 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Nach dem wir heute morgen Vaduz in Liechtenstein besucht haben sind einmal quer durch die Schweizer Alpen, am Comer See entlang nach Mailand gefahren. Der Verkehr in Mailand ist einfach anderst wild. Bei zwei eingezeichneten spuren wird auf 4 gefahren. Aber wir haben es geschafft und jetzt gibt's erstmal ein lecker Bierchen und danach wird sich eine Pizza einverleibt.Read more

    • Day 55

      The Last Supper

      July 2, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      One of the most anticipated events of our tour of Italy happened today. Prior to researching every corner of Europe we had no idea that Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper was even a work of art that was open to the public. It's housed in its original location (since it is a fresco and they're kinda hard to move) in a relatively modest church in Milan.

      It's home is the Santa Maria delle Grazie. This church was the private family church of the Sforza family. They invited Da Vinci, from Florence, to paint the Last Supper in the church's refectory (it's not in the church itself).

      We couldn't get tickets, because it seems that tour guides buy up all the tickets, so we did have to book a tour. The tour guide was actually petty insightful. Why is this painting so famous? Apparently it was petty scandalous back in the day. Take a look at the link below. It's probably a better write up than I will, but it shows The Last Supper painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio. Our tour guide had a photo of the same painting. It was apparently pretty standard for the day. The Apostles showed no animation whatsoever. Also the order of the Apostles depicted was always kept consistent in paintings, showing Judas directly across from Jesus.

      http://arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com/2011/09/l…

      Da Vinci's painting broke one of those barriers, giving the Apostles life and animation and depth. Jesus' mouth is depicted slightly open as he is supposed to be captured in the exact moment he is stating that one of the Apostles will betray him. One of the more interesting parts of the painting are the three Apostles to the left of Jesus. Judas is seen with his elbow on the table. He is being pushed to the side by Peter. Peter was considered a protector. He is whispering to John, the youngest Apostle, who is closer to Jesus, to ask Jesus who is the betrayer. As he whispers, you can see he's clutching a knife with the hand behind his back. In doing so, he is exposing Judas to us by pushing him into the foreground.

      Also of note, both Judas and Jesus' hands are out-stretched towards pieces of bread on the table. It is meant to show that they shared the Eucharist as friends that night before the betrayal.

      Opposite, the Last Supper there is a painting of the crucifixion of Jesus. It's funny, no one seems to care about that painting.

      Lastly, the Church and its refectory were bombed in WWII thankfully, preparations were made just in case, as shown in one of the pictures of this post. They supported the wall of both the Last Supper and the Crucifixion with scaffolding and sandbags and that fits the trick. Most of the two structures were reconstructed after the war.
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