Beautiful, Dirty, Rich

On our second day in Milan, we thought of taking it nice and easy. We started in the morning with Castello Sforzesco. We had walked past it the previous day and saw that they had some Michelangelo exhibition going on so I thought it would be nice to visit. It turned out to be a collection of his drawings of the various buildings he designed and was really quite boring actually :p Luckily the castle was so huge they had many different museums inside so we visited some of the others like the Furniture Museum etc.

On our way to the Furniture Museum, we walked past their Egyptian Museum and there was a group of schoolchildren inside on an excursion. The museum staff were dressed up as Egyptians and were explaining to the kids about Egyptian history (I guess) and it looked so interesting CS said he wanted to go be part of them, haha… The kids were all listening attentively and they even asked questions! I don’t think the museum staff in Singapore does this at all and I think it’s a really good way for kids to learn. The Furniture Museum was mildly interesting and there were some pieces that looked quite weird.

After Castello Sforzesco, we headed to the Triennale Design Museum as our guide had mentioned the day before that the NYT had rated it as one of the best shows ever. It was really just a collection of things which were supposed to showcase Italian design I think. We got quite bored after a while though we did see all the exhibits. Xiu, did you go there when you were in Milan? Maybe we are both not creative enough to appreciate it, haha… There was a group of students there (I think they were students) and one of the girls was going on and on about the stuff on display, I’m not sure if she knew what she was talking about or just trying to show off. As the Triennale Design Museum was held in an exhibition area that had other stuff going on at the same time, we also saw an exhibit which was quite weird, it had this guy posing with various objects and he was going about design and how it should be like, something about not just slapping a label on something. Cant remember the name now, but it was weird. There was also an exhibit on Milan hosting the next World Expo at the same venue so we went to take a look. The highlight was that there was an actual baker baking bread there and we could eat the bread that he made! Hehe…. There was some strange bread which they labeled as being from Southeast Asia, which we have never seen before. Weird!

We ended the day at Corsco Como, we had a bit of difficulty finding it and walked into some really dingy areas but we got there in the end. The street looked very shiny and new and seems like where the beautiful and rich went to hang out. We went to 10 Corsco Como as recommend and it was made for beautiful people I guess. I had fun browsing through the books at the bookshop but there was an artist being interviewed there so I couldn’t wander around the whole area. It was the same case at the shop, they had some photoshoot going on so I couldn’t explore it fully. The clothes were alright but I really loved the shoes they had, sigh no shoe shopping so far other than the boots purchased in Florence.

Drove off to Bellagio the next day to see Lake Como. Bellagio is supposed to be the best place to see Lake Como, thus the reason for us staying there. As it was still winter, a lot of things were closed so we couldn’t visit any villas, instead we took the ferry and visited the other towns around Lake Como. We really enjoyed Varenna and had a nice time walking around the town. There was also a photoshoot going on there and I felt so sorry for the model cos it was so so cold!!! No signs of George Clooney though, he must have been busy preparing for the Oscars :p Some pictures from around Lake Como.

Varena

My Cappuccino

Beautiful Lake Como

Beautiful Lake Como again...

Next, masquerade!