Monday, April 13, 2009

Woke up to the sound of quiet. We found out it was another holiday: Easter Monday. We felt like we had finally gotten over our jet lag. We both still have colds dragging our energy down a bit. Got up and walked around various neighborhoods, which was nice but somewhat unremarkable. We walted to the Castello, and walked around the somewhat run-down park behind it. The park was loaded with people enjoying their day off, but it was as unkempt as the public park. There was no feeling of the elegant beauty you'll find at the Jardin de Luxembourg in Paris. More places were open than on Sunday - I would estimate that only 30% were open, though. We wen to the Teatro Museo della Scala, and Lynne really enjoyed this. Truly like visiting an important spot. We both enjoyed the visit. Unfortunately, they were also taking the holiday week off, so we couldn't see anything there.

We went to the hotel late in the afternoon, then out to dinner. Lynne had linguine with shrimp and bottarga (which she declined to split!! .... although she *did* share some .....) and a red tuna with spinach. Chet had a risotto Milanese, and torchie with pesto and beans, both of which he deemed "okay". The bottarga was memorable; the rest not so much.

Addendum: on Sunday, we went to dinner at Obika, a place we'd recently read about in the NYT. It was an apperitivi bar, which specializes in fresh mozzarella. For the price of a glass of wine or a cocktail, you get all you can eat off an extensive appetizer bar. Yummy!