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June 26, 2006
notte bianca 2006
Oh, I've been terrible this week. Going out every night after school this week, because it has been too hot to be at home... The temperatures have been soaring, I find myself getting to school later and later, wearing shorts, skirts and flip-flops to school, apperitivo in the evenings with friends, and gelato breaks takes precedence over coffee breaks.
On Friday we ended up in the English pub on Via Torino watching South Korea get beaten by Switzerland. Joe was so gutted, I think he must have been thinking about the South Korea loss all through his flight to L.A on Saturday. He'll be gone for a couple of months and I'll miss his chatter quite a bit.
After the game we went to Duomo to watch the free Sting concert. It was absolutely packed and incredibly hot but it was good to be there with friends. Sting is fab live; the songs sound exactly how they're meant to be sung.... Rox-anne....
This Saturday was Notte Bianca in Milan, which is when various free events take place all over the city and Milan becomes party central.
So, Saturday we went to see the jazz in Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele but the acoustics makes them sound like they're playing in a bathroom, plus the noise from the stage in Duomo was overwhelming, which was a shame. Should have organised that better.
So we ended up in La Feltrinelli where I bought a few books for the summer: "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner, "The Disappointment Artist" Essays by Jonathan Lethem, and Haruki Murakami's "Birthday Stories". I'm annoyed because I left a couple of Banana Yoshimoto and Haruki Murakami books in Amsterdam and Jakarta. I also was reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera" on my flight back to Europe, but I seem to have misplaced the book and I can't find it anywhere... grrr...
In the evening we went to another jazz show at Teatro No'hma near our house. It was okay, not fab; I think Robert is a bit spoiled that way, he's seen so many fantastic artists live, so he gets fed up and leaves when the band is not playing so well.
Sunday I had a bit of work to do with Kinjal and Huie. Afterwards, Huie and I played a couple of games on Playstation2, and drinking the iced coffee that I made. Dinner was at the Indian place in P.ta Venezia, with Robert, Joris and Huie. Then it was beers at the English pub to watch the Dutch-Portuguese game.
I told Robert and Joris that I would support the Netherlands by not cheering for the Portuguese. Fair enough, no? I felt bad when the final blew though, because Joris looked devastated. Ah well, he'll probably cheer up when he sees England kick some Portuguese butt next week.
Posted by Yasmina at June 26, 2006 12:11 AM
Comments
Oh my dear Yasmina! How crazy these weeks have been! Good and bad, but I'm glad now that I can spend a moment to say HELLO to you and Robert. Sounds like a fun time... and I do hope that you find the Marquez book. I love him!! Oh boy, I'm tired... and it's so early.
p.s. David got his passport sorted out while he was here so we will be able to visit you guys when he comes back in 2.5 months! I really want to see you again!!!! xoxoxox
Posted by: kathya at June 28, 2006 08:41 PM
Free
sting
concert???
oh my gosh, kok bisa... mauu
Posted by: Rani at June 29, 2006 09:37 AM
ih.. kok Mba ngga support Portugal? :( Aku dan Mom stay up all night lho just watching the game... Actually Mama lebih bersemangat githu nonton bolanya!
Posted by: Cinta at July 23, 2006 09:39 PM
