We went on a fieldtrip on Friday. If you've ever tried to keep 9 Italian 6-year-olds quiet on a subway train or put 45 6-11 year olds in a large park and then tried to get them to follow a rule or not throw dirt then you know exactly what that was like. We got to see a really cool old castle though and the ceiling in one of the rooms was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. That was very nice.
Today (Saturday) was AMAZING. I went with a bunch of tutors to a flea market sort of thing in another part of town but we got thoroughly rained upon so we left fairly quickly for the cover of the subway station. Then I went with Eanna and Dara (two tutors) and Eanna's host family to central Milan and climbed to the roof of Il Duomo Cathedral and saw a beautiful if very cloudy view of Milan. Then we watched a rehearsal for the ballet (Romeo and Juliet) which is opening next weekend at La Scala. It was sooooo cool!!! I never dreamed that they would let us see a rehearsal but they sent us right into a box and we had a great view of the stage and the GIANT chandelier and the whole business. Then we looked around at some very old instruments and some paintings of very old opera singers etc. at the La Scala theatrical museum. OH HOW I WISH I WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE PICTURES.
Eanna's hosts, Riccardo and Olivia, are absolutely wonderful people and wonderful tour guides. After Il Duomo and La Scala they took us out for gelato and tonight Riccardo made us fresh pizza. YUM. Today was just superb.
Also I live with two children. One of them has head lice. The other also has head lice. I think I might have head lice. I will worry about that later.
Tomorrow I'm going to see the Italy-New Zealand game in Venice!!! It will be rainy but I don't care.
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