Wednesday, 17 April, 2019
Today was day number . . .
. . . living in Italy
Thus, I reached the exact half way point in my 2019 odyssey in wonderful Varese with the Skorpions family.
After puttering around the Villa Skorpions II in the morning, we headed out at midday with Milano again as our ultimate goal.
But first . . .
. . . we headed to nearby Bregazzana
to see their famed elephant
in the town cemetery
Fierce looking beast protecting
the tomb of local beer magnate
Angello Poretti's grandson
On to Milano . . .
Michael at Milano's
Castello Sforzesco
In the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
The famed El Scior Carera
The in place in Milano to criticize the government without reprisals back in the 3rd-century.
At the old city gate on
Piazza XXV Aprile
We were on the way to the Eataly store on this same piazza.
Eataly has GREAT food choices!
Fruits are good for you
Tomatoes are good for you too
Especially in a rich pasta sauce!
I think the green things are
part of the broccoli family
Hey, that's my Mother's name
We saw this at a 100 Montaditos tapas restaurant in Milano where we had a much needed snack.
Next stop was the purple Metro line's Tre Torri station.
Tre Torri means Three Towers.
One . . .
. . . Two . . .
. . . and Three Towers
They are located above the Metro stop.
The moon rising over a posh
Milano high-rise
We were headed to the practice field of the Division I Milano Seamen to see their Head Coach Mike Wood and watch several former Europe Warriors in action at their workout tonight.
Mike has been our Europe Warriors Defensive Coordinator in all three of our games in Mexico the past two years.
We entered the practice facility, but was it the right place?
It was indeed!
This Europe Warriors duffle bag proved we were in the correct spot.
With DB Nicolas Principi and
DL Claudio Nicola
Now a Seamen, Nicolas was an outstanding Varese Skorpion last year and played on the Europe Warriors squad last Summer in Chihuahua.
Claudio played on our first Europe Warriors team that played in Mexico City in 2017.
DB Alberto Garlaschelli,
DB Nicolas Principi and Mike
Both Albert and Nicolas played in Mexico in the Defensive Secondary on our 2018 Europe Warriors squad that defeated the squad from the University of Chihuahua.
Miked helped coach the Defensive Backs for the Warriors in Chihuahua.
It was time for our former players to change into their practice gear.
I watched the Offensive and Defensive
Linemen have at it
Zone blocking drill
Two big Offensive Linemen
in the white jerseys
Some hand placement,
pass blocking work
Nicolas, in blue,
in a one-on-one drill
This is a tough drill on a DB with no QB pressure or help from other players.
Head Coach Mike Wood
in the post-practice review
Good effort tonight by the Seamen. I was impressed by both their Offensive and Defensive Line coaches.
They have a good young coach in the Offensive Coordinator position too.
The trip into Milano today was worth it on many levels.
The Los Angeles Rams
2019 schedule was published today
Go Rams GO!
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