Saturday and Sunday have been days of exploring. Wow! It is the excitement of being in a large city and of being in Italy. We are enjoying both. Yesterday morning we walked down the street to the open market which we think will be open six days a week. Fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, and wonderful cheeses. I will look for a recipe for osso bucco for this week. The veal shanks looked too good to miss. I will try fish that we haven't had in the past. I will let you know about success and even failure. As we walked to a local supermarket we stopped in a restaurant to check a menu. The maitre d gave us each a glass of preseco (at 11:30 a.m.) How could we refuse. Shopping will be very easy with three supermarkets located nearby. Yesterday late afternoon we walked to the Duomo. It is quite spectacular (we didn't go in, will wait for the many tours we will take with company) but the area around the Duomo is quite remarkable- designer's row. This is about a 25- minute walk from our flat. We returned to our street early evening and settled in at a local cafe for a beer. The night was beautiful and the streets filled. It was quite lovely so we decided to just order a pizza and another beer. Crust was very light and pizza is made with less oil than in the U.S.
Today we walked past the Duomo to the Castle - a very impressive midievil castle which houses an art and archeological museum. We are looking for a coffee maker, electric or drip but can't find one, slightly ironic in Milan.
I understand Obama is holding off striking Syria. At the moment can't find anything good from that type of strike.
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