Milan Day 7

We loved QC Termemilano Spa so much that we decided on another visit. We spent 5 hours in the morning here, although it felt like 5 minutes. 

After another Luini panzerotto for lunch, we headed to Artico Gelato for dessert. This was the best gelato we had on the entire holiday: coffee, salted pistachios and gianduja (chocolate and hazelnut).




Back to Duomo for a wander.

Galleria in a slightly different light (and a lot busier).

Poldi Pezzoli (a lovely townhouse from the 19th century by a Milanese nobleman who collected art).

Helen's favourite part: an ornate fountain with goldfish.

This intricate wooden sculpture: ' The marriage of the virgin' has a lot of detail and fragments of gold and red paint reveal it once had a great lustre.


Martin Luther 

Carlton Ware Vase from Stoke-on-Trent, early 20th century, in the Mikado pattern


A door






A portrait of a Man by Andrea Previtali. Young man's face on the front, and a skull on the back; reminder of mortality.
"Portrait of Prev




A well constructed board to show details of the artworks below without obtrusive signage.



To best light a painting have a light source far back and up high. This way the viewer won't produce shadow and you can see it clearly.


One of the most popular topics for painting, second only to Madonna Con Bambino.

Porta Nuova at the Golden Quadrangle - where the highest end shops in Milan are.


You can pay for someone to fill your tank with fuel.


An evening meal at Trattoria del Nuovo Macello. Free bread and cheese cream on the cracker


A local Lombardian wine. As the sommelier at the wine tasting noted, the older the wine the more red it looked which was exactly the case: this wine was 7 years old.



Beef and pork ragu with blackcurrant pasta


Exceptional pancake cannolini. Filled with ricotta and Spinach, garlic oil and a raspberry compote.


Traditional cottoletta. Thick cut deep fried veal - really crisp, cheesy and salty bread crumbs with pea and mint puree.


Helen had an excellent rabbit dish which wasn't dry. It was wrapped in pancetta with exotic fruits. 

Cherries in red wine, cocoa short crust pastry and masala ice-cream. Really nicely constructed dessert.


Frozen hazelnut and rosemary nougat, balsamic vinegar and coffee foam. This was fantastic.


Free Amaretti biscuits and chocolates to finish.



Step count: 16,070

Distance: 6.59 miles


 

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