A few of my friends are in a class at school called “Women and Art” about a Baroque painter named Artemisia Gentileschi. Currently, in Milan, there is a new, world-renowned exhibit on this painter, drawing paintings from collections all over Italy and all over the world. Their class went to Milan to see this exhibit. At first, knowing this, I was super jealous, but, when I heard that my roommate and another friend planned to go up on Friday and stay until their class’s Sunday museum visit, I saw my window of opportunity. So the three of us went to Milan for the weekend and stayed at the most fun and welcoming hostel I’ve ever seen (they even had their own bongo drums, guitars, and DOG!!). We had time to explore, visit various museums and churches, do some shopping, spend one day at Lake Como, and still meet up with the class in time. In fact, the professor let me come along with the class and listen to her lecture inside the museum!! Of course, I purchased my own admission but I had not expected her to let me accompany them. She even gave me a headset so I could follow what she was saying to the rest of the class! The exhibit was awesome and I really feel that I got more out of it by going with such a specialist on the subject.
Our day at Lake Como was really nice! The Lake itself is beautiful and we did a boat tour out on the water (we said hi to George Clooney’s house, of course). There are also really nice shops so we found some exciting new goodies.
Sunday we went to the exhibit and to the Duomo then headed home! Flying ended up being quicker and cheaper than the train but our flight was delayed when a man got mad at the stewardess and had to be dragged off the plane by the police. Everyone was yelling at each other. Only in Italy.
Duomo!!
Santa Maria della Grazia! (Where I didn't get to see The Last Supper)
