Top 10 fun facts about.....Milan

Hello gentle reader and Bongiorno.

Milan canal.

Milan is a city I have never visited but would like to see more of in the future. Having visited Rome, Lena and I would love to explore Italy's second city.
Here are 10 fun facts for u to enjoy.

1. Milan has the most skyscrapers in Italy.

2. Napoleon had himself crowned King of Italy in Milan.

3. Three of Mozarts operas had their premiers in Milan.

4. The La Scala opera house seats 2000 people and is the largest opera house in Europe.

5.  The Milan Duomo took 600 years to finish.

Duomo Milan

6. Leonardo's "The Last Supper" is found in the Santa Maria delle Grazie church in Milan.

7. Aperitivo takes place between 7 and 9 pm every night where people sit outside to eat, drink and share their views.

8. For 100,000 euro you can adopt a gargoyle on Milan cathedral.

9. Milan has its own system of canals. They were used to move cargo around the city. Now they are for moving tourists.

10. In 2012, Milan was the 12th most expensive city in the world.

#milan #italy #top10

Today in History May 8th

Hey Gentle Readers, lets blow away the dust of time and prize open the creaky books of
History.

1902: Mt. Pelee on the island of Martinique erupts; destroying the town of St. Pierre killing 30,000 people.

1926: Journalist and naturalist David Attenborough is born.

1945: VE day. WWII comes to an end in Europe with Nazi Germany surrendering to the allies.


1980: The WHO announce that Smallpox has been eradicated.

#pelee #davidattenborough #veday #smallpox #may8 #todayinhistory

Mothers Day

Mama's flowers and crystal necklace.

Hello gentle readers, especially those of you out there who are mothers.
For most of the world today is Mothers Day so I hope you have been getting some special treatment.
Today is very special for Lena because this is her first ever mothers day. Robert and I went shopping and bought her a crystal necklace and some red roses. Robert also drew a special picture just for his mama and coloured it in especially for her.

Mama and Robert.

Fun @ the park

Today gentle reader, Lena and I took Robert to the park. Here are some pictures.

Today in History May 5th

Happy Cinco de Mayo Gentle Readers, lets blindfold the kids and let them beat the crap out of the Pinata of History.

 

1260: Kublai Khan takes charge of the Mongol Empire.

 

1821: Napoleon dies in exile on the island of St. Helena.

 

1862: Cinco de Mayo. Mexican troops under the command of Ignacio Zaragoza stop a French invasion.

1912: The communist newspaper "Pravda" is published for the first time.

1943: Michael Palin, writer, comedian and Python is born.

1988: Adele, Oscar Winning UK singer/songwriter, is born.

#kublaikhan #napoleon #cincodemayo #pravda #michaelpalin #adele

Star Wars Day: The Wedneday Thought: YODA

Hello there Gentle Reader, as its Star Wars Day 

(May the 4th be with you) 

I am going to share with you the wisdom of the Jedi Master Yoda.

Enlightened and Entertained you will be.

“Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things. You are reckless.”

 

“When you look at the dark side, careful you must be. For the dark side looks back.”

 

“Through the Force, things you will see. Other places. The future…the past. Old friends long gone.”

 

“Do or do not. There is no try.”

 

“You think Yoda stops teaching, just because his student does not want to hear? A teacher Yoda is. Yoda teaches like drunkards drink, like killers kill.”

 

“When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good, you will not, hmmmm?”

 

 

 

#starwars #yodaquotes

Top 10 fun facts about.....Star Wars

Welcome gentle reader to Star Wars day.
In honour of my 5th favourite science fiction/fantasy franchise, here are some facts that you may not have heard....and remember...."The force is strong with this one!"

1. George Lucas (boo) wanted Chewbacca killed. In fact in one of the Star Wars novels...he was.

2. In the infamous Star Wars Christmas holiday special we got to meet Chewbacca's family.

3. The Ewoks from Return of the Jedi are speaking Tibetan.

4. Bobba Fett's costume was designed by Joe Johnson...the director of the Captain America movies.

5. The space worm interior set from The Empire Strikes Back was made from black plastib bin bags and some dry ice.

6. Star Wars may never have been made because George Lucas was first choice to make Apocalypse Now.

7. In the original script. The Han Solo character was a green skinned alien with gills.

8. Return of the Jedi was originally called Revenge of the Jedi.

9. Tupac Shakur auditioned for the role of Mace Windu.

10. Anakin Skywalker meets 6 of the 9 criteria required for a diagnosis of

 Borderline personality disorder.

#starwars #top10facts