Armchair travels 1

It's not often life gives us a long enough break to browse through memories of happy days, but now that most of our time is spent at home, I am ruthlessly reducing the clutter on the computer. Looking at so many evocative photos gave me the idea to share some armchair travel for the housebound for a while, so here we start:

Italy, 2008: A trip to Milan to visit my nephew who was working there, and adventures in Tuscany and Venice. A pictorial diary. It was August and Milan had closed down. Most shops were shut and trams weren't running, so we walked everywhere. No restaurants either. It was also a holiday weekend.

The canal linking Milan to Genoa - Leonardo da Vinci's design

Our first gelato - so hot we just sat on the pavement. No traffic.

Takeaways!

The Romans knew how to build!

Marzipan fruit

Cakes

We turned a corner and saw this breathtakingly beautiful pink marble building - Milan's Duomo, freshly cleaned of years of pollution.

I only ever ate chocolate gelato.

Marzipan gnashers!

The church opposite our apartment had a bell (level with our window) that rang every 15 minutes day and night!

Out of nowhere, a heavy cloudburst with lightning. The only shelter was a doorway with some dodgy looking companions, but they probably thought the same.