{"id":1148,"date":"2010-10-08T15:58:42","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T22:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2010-10-08T15:58:42","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T22:58:42","slug":"a-day-in-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/a-day-in-milan","title":{"rendered":"A day in Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started my Italian Adventure in Milan where Elena works. We left Podenzano at 6:30 in  the morning and were on a train heading to Milan shortly after 7.  Next we had to take two subway trains the last of which deposited us close to her office. Her coworker drew me a quick map and then I  set out on my own in a surprisingly pleasant city. There were bicyclists and pedestrians everywhere, the only negative thing I noticed was the surprising number of smokers.  I headed towards the Duomo and navigated many of the streets nearby.  About 3 blocks from the Duomo sits Piazzo Corduso. It was surrounded by lots of shops and there were a couple of artists there.  Giuseppe Casorio was sitting there painting wonderful miniature watercolors. We got to talking and after I bought one of his paintings of the Duomo, he asked me to sketch him! So I did. It was really fun. He sat there painting, and I sat there drawing his face.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/casorioartist506-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"casorioartist506\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/casorioartist506-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/casorioartist506-400x431.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/casorioartist506-139x150.jpg 139w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/casorioartist506-950x1024.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/casorioartist506.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><br \/>\nHe was delightful to talk to and we alternated between Italian and English. He&#8217;s now my facebook buddy too.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/casorioni-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"casorioni\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/casorioni-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/casorioni-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/casorioni.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/>\nAfter I left Giuseppe I went on to the Galleria, a famous enclosed mall.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/galleria5071-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"galleria507\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/galleria5071-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/galleria5071-400x639.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/galleria5071-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/galleria5071-641x1024.jpg 641w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/galleria5071.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><br \/>\nThis little sketch shows just how much more you can &#8220;see with your pencil.&#8221; The longer I sat there, the more details I found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started my Italian Adventure in Milan where Elena works. 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