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| Well, in my quest to "find" the secret garden/castle, I found these stairs close by and started to climb... |
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| ...and climb. |
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| And there it was again, my castle, but I couldn't find a way in, but... |
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| ...what I found at the top was... |
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| ...a church/sanctuary. I turned to see a couple sitting on a bench who told me, "Yes, that is a castle once owned by a noble contessa and this church was her refuge!" I didn't have time to speak to them further because they seemed to appear and then disappear (seriously)! |
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| Looking down. |
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| The church was locked, but I walked around and discovered this path which included the Stations of the Cross. |
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| I never saw the couple again, but I did see a blind black cat!!! By the way, the castle is for sale. |
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| This is David, the owner and Mickey of the café that was my hangout for these months. Almost every day I would have a delicious cappuccino and brioche...what will I do when I get home??? They were wonderful and David helped me a lot with my Italian. He said I couldn't leave because I had become a celebrity:) |
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| These are the owners of the other café which I called the old men's bar because they all sat around and debated life LOL The owners didn't speak any English, but we had a great time together...very sweet:) |
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| In Milano with Pinuccia and her dear friend, Patti:) |
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| Manu, Cinzia and Lovin took me to a restaurant that served Napoli pizza, the best in the world!!! And our crazy waiter. |
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| Monza catherdral |
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| Manzoni House/Museum in Lecco |
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| More dessert...a frozen fig with the insides filled with sorbet. Can it get any better?! |
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| Sforzesco Castle in Milano with Pinuccia. |
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| This is Rondanini Pieta at the Sforzesco Castle. |
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| I leave you with this. The last work of Michelangelo, six days before he died. We know he was a genius, but how he captured in marble the expression on Mary's face is absolutely breathtaking. It brought tears to my eyes. |
