After our 3-day Milan trip, Friday was a morning to sleep in, then spend a leisurely afternoon, whilst Franco and company were off preparing for the 5pm concert & lecture which Franco had conceived to mark the 75th anniversary of Taraffo’s death. The program (at left) was designed to celebrate his legacy, but especially to [...]
On our final day in Milan, Giulia and Hiroki were free and kindly offered to drive us around. I had expressed an interest to Giorgio Ferraris the night before in seeing the Lutherie School, and he graciously made himself available for a couple of hours this morning. After meeting the school’s Director, Virginia Villa, and [...]
After leaving the museum collections at Castle Sforza come closing time, we took a cab to our hotel for a quick refresh, then another short cab ride to the home of Giorgio Ferraris and his wife Lara, who had invited us for dinner. I had met Giorgio on the last night of our Genoa trip [...]
Since I haven’t shown you any instruments for awhile, I’m going to throw a whole bunch at you now. And there’s much still to come! Last blog, I left off at the Sforza Castle museums with a view of the hallway display of the Monzino Collection. This is where I spent the bulk of my [...]
OK, we’re packing a lot in on this second day in Milan: first Duomo, then more general sightseeing as we slowly make our way to our key destination, Sforza Castle. But first, a quick stop in the separate Museum of Historical Fashion & Costume, full of period art and costumes. Jaci was allowed to take [...]
After lunch overlooking Duomo, we strolled a bit – actually, a lot – around the central city, as we meandered our way (well, Giulia was meandering, we were flat out lost) toward the museums at the castle. BTW, 90% of the non-guitar photos of our travelogue were taken by Jaci with her little automatic 8meg [...]
Yesterday, we got just a glimpse – well, an eyeful – of the third largest church in the world, Duomo, Milan’s awe-inspiring centuries-in-the-making Gothic cathedral. We decided to make this our first stop for the morning of our second day in the city. First, here are a few shots of the astounding detail and grandeur: [...]
Time for Day 3 of our continuing adventures in Italy. For this trip, we wanted to explore a bit farther afield, and I suggested Milan (both to my wife, Jaci, and host, Franco) – as there were musical instrument research possibilities there, along with other museum options for Jaci, and friends to help show us [...]
We ended Part 1 with dreams of harp guitars swirling in my jet-lagged head. Ironically, I’d be able to rest a bit better once I was up. The second day of our trip happened to be Easter Sunday, and so it would be a relaxing day of food and family (with Jaci and I “adopted [...]
By now, most readers have probably caught up with my first-time adventures in Genoa (Genova), Italy two years ago. So – could I recapture the magic? Yes, and no. Nothing can compare to that first impression, the emotions, the city, the new friends and the ridiculous amount of new instrument discoveries (and always that “following [...]
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