Italy, Beautiful Italy
Italy is a place where my husband, Mark, and I had the most awesome time.
Over the course of a very fast two weeks, we arrived in Milan, made our way slowly down to Tuscany, Florence, and then finished off in Rome where we did so much walking, I thought my legs would fall off. And I took so many photographs, my camera started to smoke.
Here’s a short pictorial to start off a series of Italia posts and share some fun adventures with you, our dear readers.
Soccer Players at the Airport in Milan Italy
At the Milano airport we were greeted by these beefy-legged soccer players. Milan has two soccer teams which are arch enemies.
Joe the Husky
Joe the Husky was a very friendly presence at the villa of Mike and Sheila, with whom we stayed on our first night in Milan.
Graffiti in Milan Italy
Graffiti is everywhere in Italy. Everywhere. It seemed so primitive and egotistical, compared to the Renaissance works by Boticelli, Raphael, Michaelangelo and daVinci which we saw later in Florence and Rome. This blue bird is a whimsical splash of color on an otherwise drab wall, but most graffiti we saw was comprised of taggers’ initials. Yawn. By the way, graffiti goes back to ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt.
Some typical homes in the Varese countryside
A detail on the side of a building in Lugano, Switzerland, where we spent the day; it’s just about an hour and a half north of Varese, Italy.
A reclining female nude at Lake Lugano
It’s wonderful to see the beauty of art practically everywhere you turn: sculptures, paintings and statues. This sense of artful wonderment splashes into the items available for purchase at the markets, such as the clothing, shoes and handbags (as below).
Mannequins and Handbags, Milano, Italy
The first of many mannequins we would see in shop windows from Lugano to Rome
Angels with beer stein
Angels on either side of a beer mug, and the first of many sculptures we would see.
Stay tuned…. I will post photos from other fun places in Italy soon.
