This is the best I could do (now with new good photo not taken by me. It's the big one.

  

Good, but short time in Milano

The Duomo is incredible, La Scalla,  museum only, but it lets us into a peek at the theater,  coming out of our last dinner in Italy, just a few minutes ago.... wake up call at 3:30 tomorrow for the trip home..

I get to meet Obama!

I know, right! He's coming to Senegal with his family, and 20 volunteers get to go to this event at a hotel where the first family will be. I'm not totally sure what the event entails, but I'm pretty sure Sasha and Malia will be there. Our country director put everyone's name in a hat and picked 20, and somehow mine was one of them. I'm very excited. I have to go shopping, though, as I have literally nothing to wear that would be appropriate there. I have no closed toed shoes other than sneakers.

A really nice Verona day. The travelog cont.

Today has been a great day in Verona,  we went to the Arena and missed taking the props down from NABUKO,  but watched for awhile putting the props for LA TRAVIATA.    It was a grand opera, last night,  and a grand ancient theater.  Then we went to the Castle Museum expecting rooms of a castle.  It was that and much more.  A wonderful art collection 13th and 14th Century.  Many Madonna and Child paintings.  I loved  the variety of expression and poses of the mother and child.  The one below I really liked, the mother happy and so is the child.  The museum itself is in a 14th C. castle, that has been tastefully made accessible with views of Verona.  The Adage River is very high.

To help the comfort level, the temp. has dropped into the 80's,

Verona

 Are you sleeping later than Rosie wishes you to sleep?  Is she chasing the Robins?  I am thrilled that the pooping and peeing is going well.

 

From top
*St. Paul de Vence,  Fr.
*Sea food salad with rocket, last night,  the octopus was a surprise.  
*Grappa, etc. , a late night celebration of the 54th.
*Flat floor in the Duomo.  The old marble floors -so beautiful.
*The photography museum has a show of Renee Burri photographs.  Good photojournalist that we liked a lot. Amazing thing- they were in  under street level rooms,  among excavated ruins.  Two museums in one.

M&D, have you arrived safely in Verona?

And happy anniversary. To C&S also.

Father's Day card from Nicky

"Dear Dad I am sorry about my temper tantrum on Wednesday June 12. I hope you like the card.
Happy Father's Day"