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I've added a bunch of new pictures to Flickr, although most of them have nothing to do with my most recent travels.

But I promise to add more of the beautiful weather here in Salò. It snowed in the mountains over the last few days and now the panorama behind the city is amazing. The skies have also been clear and blue.


We celebrated Pasquetta (the day after Easter, which is basically another holiday here) with lunch at a pizzeria in the hills. When we arrived, it was snowing large, wet flakes. When we left, the weather was sunny and you could see all the way to the southern end of the lake and beyond.

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gattino, gattone

I live with a cat named Julia. She is fat and very talkative. She meows incessantly and loves attention. She sheds. A lot. While we're on the subject... click here.


There's another cat who lives outside my apartment. She loves it when you pet her. She'll come running after me every time I'm in the driveway. There are a lot of stray cats in Italia as well. Sometimes they rule parks and gardens in packs. Or even Roman ruins. Little black and gray and orange ones. They run the show now.

milano

I spent the day in Milano yesterday. Here's a run down of what happened.

I went to an upscale home design store in an trendy, old warehouse. Tables come from Japan, bedside tables are designed by Swedes, cabinets from China, on and on... One area was black and white. Every piece of furniture was white, or you guessed it, black! There was even a so-called museum of design within the store. All this means that a nice, yet very simple, table that appears to have been used for 40 years costs 500€. But I guess this is kind of like the fashion as well... 200€ some jeans with holes in them. Who's up for paying 180€ for a basic, standard-sized charcoal burning Weber grill?

But the best were the aprons featuring foreign flags. How about the American flag, a Union Jack, or the playful yellow, black and green of Jamaica? Or better yet, who's been searching for an apron with the Confederate flag on it? Yeah, no one I hope.

I did enjoy the build-you-own lamps by Kreaton... although they are just a rip off of Legos.

Next came an exhibit about gli Annisettanta (the 70's) at La Triennale di Milano. Quite interesting with the culture, art, music, violence, design, films, architecture, literature, video games, and more of the 70's in Italia and beyond.

And finally a good dinner at an osteria pugliese (food from Puglia) that lasted for hours and hours. The two most notable things I ate: salsiccia di cavallo (spiced horse sausage) and salame di cioccolato (disc-like slices of chocolate that contain crunchy, sweet bread and pistachios and look identical to salami... except it's brown). Buon appetito.