Genova con Carla plus more family, part due

Lunch at Titre Merli (this is funny that we went here because that means the three black birds or the three Merlos which Merlo is my last name)

My wonderful frutti de mare pasta and delicious apple, (senza puff pastry) apple pastry This Elephant is made out of tires and the signed called it "Dumping Art" by Elena Boschieri & Elisabetta Lodoli

San Lorenzo Cathedral

A video of the Palazzo Ducale with the grand fountain of Piazza de Ferrari in the foreground

(p.s. may make you a bit dizzy)

Then the rest of the time was spent with the relatives back in Basaluzzo!

Carla Making a Crostata senza glutine

The Corstata was delicious! I had seconds of course, but you must manga manga--so I did. The family was wonderful, my time was great, and I can't wait to have them visit me in Milano!

Genova con Carla. part one

We took the train from From Basaluzzo to Genova



Carla (is a relative) showed me the University that she attended (the place with the cool lions).
We then walked around, looked at shops and then made are way to the port to have lunch.

This was the view from the wonderful Titre Merli restaurant that has a gluten free menu!

Istituo Marangoni, Milano, or as my cousin Carla called it, insurance on my future

I was in Milano and then, Basaluzzo, and Genova this weekend.

I took Easy Jet, which is very cheap to Milano, Malpensa and then a shuttle from Malpensa to Milano (central). My objective in Milano was to visit the school Istituto Marangoni for possible masters program in fashion design. I could not believe how smooth my transportation from the plane, shuttle, and taxi went in order to arrive to the school on time for my orientation appointment, but it did!

Once there, Tiziana, the orientation officer answered all of my questions and then some. The school even has a masters for e-Fashion which is in partnership with the online shopping company yoox.com--very cool. The masters of fashion design really sounds wonderful and I was told that there are a couple of American students in the program as well. Hmm...there could be a designstudentlivinginMilano next year;)

this is in the lobby. videos of previous collections of students work played continually

The school is right in the near all the fancy high end shops