Milano

A day with clouds and sun, warm enough to be coat-free spent exploring museums in a castle in Milano. The courtyard was perfect for buying a sandwich from one of the vendors and watching the children try and catch the pigeons and the pigeons try and catch the crumbs.

Kites were given to children to play with  and they ran around the courtyard as they inflated a big fish balloon.

 My housemate loves to photograph reflections. I know she'd have done a better job with this out our hotel room.

To look at this, one would never, ever think it really was above the sinks in a woman's toilet at the castle.

What fun it was to look at musical instruments and how they were made, the medieval armour.

Because  this was a business trip which included a wonderful dinner (how can asparagus risotto be anything but wonderful?) with journalists, the touristy moments made Rick and I feel as if we were playing hockey, even though the events did not start until after our adventure.

Thank goodness he can spend hours investigating museums and has the historical background to put things into context.