Our Weekend Trips

Milan by Elizabeth

On Sat. we headed to Milan with the family since Ron didn’t have to work. We have been there on past visits hoping to get in to see The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci but have never been successful. Once again we had no luck. We did get to see another beautiful church called San Maurizo. It is one of Milan’s oldest churches and is done in frescos, the same style as The Last Supper. Before heading to see the Duomo we stopped for some lunch in a small café to get a café and Panini. The girls had a fun time using the toilet since it was the stand and squat kind. Both Ron and I are always amazed at how massive the Duomo is when you round the corner and see it for the first time. Alana just stood there in awe. It was really cool to see this time since they finally have the scaffolding off of it. The girls were sad they could not venture to the rooftop this time since they must close it in the winter for fear of ice and snow. The gothic cathedral, known as the Duomo, took 5 centuries to complete and is the fourth largest cathedral in the world. For all you shoppers we were in the heart of it all. Brie enjoyed window shopping at Swavorski crystal store perfectly placed in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. No visit to Italy is complete without a castle visit, so we stopped for a quick photo in front of Castle Sforzesco, which now houses a museum. We had an early dinner of Milanese risotto (saffron) and Milanese pork cutlet with potatoes. Even though we were all tired we stopped over to visit friends and share in a bottle or two of wine. The girls had so much fun playing with the boys.

Bellagio by Elizabeth

Sun. we headed out on a fantastic drive with the same friends. Imagine when the kids said they wished they could play all day and we said “ok I guess”. Our loose plan of the day was to take a leisure drive along Lake Como starting in Como and ending in Bellagio. We truly enjoyed the picturesque lakeshore drive as we drove through each quaint town always with a view of the Swiss Alps in he background. To end our fantastic weekend Tiemen and Susanne invited us back to their place for dinner.