A Weekend with the Angolettos

On Friday Marco picked us up in Monterosso and drove us to Milano. He wanted to drive us so that we would have time in the car together to catch up on family, work, and the state of our economies. When we arrived to their home in Milano the girls were just home from school. Sofia age 10, Clara age 9 and 5 yr old Irene were all very active, lots of toys and dolls and activity. After school they had an English tutor visit the house for their English lesson. Laura arrived home from work and then ran off to a meeting for her church. We ordered pizza delivery and sat around the table in the kitchen with the girls. Their favorite pizza is patate frites (with French fries)!
On Saturday we went to a great place for lunch owned by some friends of Marco & Lauras called La Collina d'Oro it is a Chinese/ Japanese restaurant. Food was fantastic. The girls had a birthday party to attend after lunch so Marco took us to the center of Milano to the Duomo, Galleria and we visited the new museum of 20th century Italian artists. A fascinating museum with a great history of the Italian painters of the 1900's. For dinner Marco treated us to a meal in the Galleria at Biffi the restaurant has been there since the late 1800's.
On Sunday we attended Mass with the family and had a home day. Laura's sister Angela and her son who is The age of Sofia came by for a visit. We had cake and coffee and a great visit.
Monday morning came too soon and we walked the girls to school in the rain. Mike & I were invited to visit Clara's 4th grade class to speak English and talk about ourselves, the US and Montana. A joyful morning before getting on a train headed for Firenze.