Tuesday, 16 April, 2019
Today offered us a ton of photo-ops as we ventured into Milano via train.
First though, let's take a look at more photos from last Saturday's 35-12 Skorpions win over the Desio Hammers that were posted today by ace team photographer Edvin and others.
HERE COME THE SKORPIONS!
HAMMER TIME!
Captains Out
WR Matteo Mozzanica
RB Dylan Auriema
RB Dylan Auriema
Michael Contreras kneeling with
LB/K/P Stefano Granelli
RB Ema Della Bosca
Dying Cockroach double team block
by OG Gabriele "Capo" Di Stefano and
C Marco "Nali" Fortunali
WR Matteo Mozzanica
Extra Point Team
Extra Point team TE Davide Vuolo
for two points
LB Stefano Granelli tackling a
scrambling Hammers QB
Punter Stefano Granelli about to lower
the boom at the end of a successful
20 yard run on a fake punt
Life in The Pit
NG Raffaele Nardi
QB Giacomo "Jack" Micheli
What an amazing job he has done so far this season, a great leader.
FS Manuel "Biondo" Bulgheroni
LB Fabio Stoppa
RB Ema Della Bosca
DE Tomas Pedotti
2 1/2 QB Sacks and a Fumble Recovery
CB Andrea Mora
If it moves, HIT IT!
CB Federico Zanetta battling
along the sidelines
WR Matteo Mozzanica
DE Tomas Pedotti's Fumble Recovery
Happy Post-Game Skorpions!
Now we can go on to today's Milanese activities.
Mike with Chiesa Santa Maria delle Grazie
in the background
Mike's first stop today would be in the former dining hall attached to this church that houses Leonardo da Vinci's famous and now controversial, thanks to author Dan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code, fresco known as The Last Supper.
Mike just before entering to see
the Cenacolo Vinciano as the fresco
is called in Italian
Laurie and I had seen this masterpiece last Spring and with tickets hard to get, Mike went in alone to be wowed by one of Western Civilization's greatest works of art.
I think he enjoyed his viewing.
I had about a half hour to kill while Mike was inside the dining hall, so I took some photos.
Fresh drinking water abounds
I stepped into the
Chiesa Santa Maria delle Grazie
for another look
Great woodworking
Santa Clara shadow
Ornate ceilings are a MUST
in these churches
Mike rejoined me after his viewing of The Last Supper and we proceeded to walk into the core of Milano's historic area.
Our next stop was at the IXth-century San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore to see their famed Bernardo Luini frescoes that have earned this church the sobriquet The Sistine Chapel of Lombardia.
The guy holding the boulder
overhead is, I've been told,
without sin
St. John the Baptist's head,
I presume
Mike in the first of two
fabulously frescoed rooms
Mary is down again
Great shield art
Catania's Patron Saint
Sant'Agata
The term
"I've got a splitting headache"
originated here
Ornate
Noah's Ark
Lowering Jesus off the cross
This is going to be a long weekend
Nice looking pet
Mike in the Hall of Nuns
After all of this art viewing, we needed a café.
There was really only one place for this in the area, the iconic Pasticceria Marchesi, a Milano landmark since 1824.
Mike and a cappuccino
Me with my cappuccino at
the crowded Marchesi bar
Mike in front of the Milano
Stock Exchange building
He often teaches Economics to Seniors at Newbury Park High School in California.
In front of Milano's Duomo
After the sad news of the fire at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral this week, you appreciate this grand Gothic church that took over 600 years to complete even more.
Show-offs
Stomach Ulcer
They used to love lopping
off heads back in the day
Of course we had to check out
what was in stock at this all-teams
calcio store behind the Duomo
Such ornate details
Cool hat
Mike and his favorite saint,
Padre Pio
We were now in the Chiesa San Bernardino to see the Ossuary.
Bones . . .
. . . LOTS of bones
These bones are mostly the remains of medieval plague victims.
Speaking of death . . .
. . . historian Mike wanted to visit
Piazza Loreto where Italy's
Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini
was strung up at the end of WWII
The site of the former gas station where this happened on Piazza Loreto now houses a large building with a McDonalds' McCafe on the ground level.
We headed back into the heart of Milano as we had a lunch date.
But first Mike had to check out
the AC Milan store
AC Milan is Mike's favorite Italian Serie A calcio team.
The impressive, newer Chiesa
San Carlo near the AC Milan store
Lunch with our cousin
Maria Clara who works in Milan
Delightful as always.
One more stop before heading
back to Varese at the
Museo del Risorgimento Nazionale
This museum illustrates the historical events in the struggle that led to the Italian Unification in 1861.
Good looking uniforms were
part of that struggle
Emperor Napoleon's 1796 invasion
of Italy kindled the fires
of Italian nationalism
Napoleonic Symbols of Power
The Royal Seal
Beautiful pageantry and . . .
. . . bludgeoning tools go
hand in hand apparently
I think that this might be
Giuseppe Garibaldi's
Victory Vest
Giuseppe Garibaldi's likeness
reflected in the glass protecting
the red shirts that his soldiers famously
wore in the 1850s
An early Riddell helmet
prototype, I believe
The battle for Unification inspired many an artist, here is some of their fascinating work.
Dying Officer
GREAT mustache!
It's all Pomp and Circumstance . . .
. . . until the bullets start flying!
Another officer down
It's OVER and he made it
home in one piece
Peace
Families reuniting
Death of a family in Rome
Good looking feathered hats
A Venice scene
We were about to leave this fine museum when we noticed a room with a special exhibit that definitely had nothing to do with Garibaldi's time.
Italy's Fascist Movement
from 1919-1926
The lead Fascist
Benito Mussolini
Taking over of the Free Press
Hmmmm . . .
It's ALL about Benito
Hmmmm . . .
Socialists and Fascists working
together for a better Italy
Hmmmm . . .
When in doubt, use a club!
The Fascist symbol known as a Fasces
with Milan's Duomo superimposed
We were back on Milano's #1 tram line
to start our trip back to Varese
and a night of American football
Coach Bumba holding during
U16 tackle team kicker tryouts
Women's Flag team in action
Giorgio Nardi coaching up
the Women's Flag squad
The original Varese Skorpions logo
Pre-practice Prima Squadra meeting
We had to review the Hammers game one last time, set out the goals for our bye week and start getting ready for another tough opponent in two weeks, the 3-2 Brescia Bengals.
We currently share third place with the Bengals in the nine team DII Group A standings.
Defensive Coordinator Dani Donati
going over his strategies for the
Bengals game
Mike was a HUGE help tonight
at practice coaching up both
the WRs and DBs
GRAZIE Mike for another wonderful day in Lombardia!
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