Culture!

In the last couple of days I've been out and about enjoying Milan, despite the rainy weather. Every now and then in the past couple of weeks we are having great weather and glimpses of spring, however since Sunday we've had rainy days.

On Sunday I met a group of friends for brunch at a place called "Indiana Post Bar & Restaurant". I've not been there before, and they have a great brunch menu for €18 per person, which and I know this sounds really strange is actually a "proper" brunch. In Milan there are a few places which offer weekend brunch menu's however, they don't include a lot of the standard brunch fare such as pancakes, eggs benedict etc, so it was refreshing to go somewhere where it was possible to order these plus scrambled eggs, salads, and burgers plus then also have a selection of food from a buffet available, and non-stop coffee. Also the price was better than a lot of other restaurants, which quite often charge upwards of €25 per person for an average brunch.

If you would like to go, the restaurant is on Naviglio Grande, and their details are:
"Indiana Post Bar & Restaurant"
Via Casale, 7
Alzaia Naviglio Grande
Milano
T: 02 58112220

In the afternoon I had booked tickets to see the "Impressionisti" exhibition at "Palazzo Reale" (http://www.impressionistimilano.it/). This exhibition started on 2nd March and its running until 19th June. Tickets cost €9 per person (plus any booking fees). This lovely exhibition is made up of artworks from the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute from the USA. It comprises paintings by majority French artists and there is a lot of Renoir and Monet paintings in particular which are really beautiful. There are paintings which are both portraits and landscape paintings from their lives in France plus international trips to Italy and the UK for example. It is proving to be a popular exhibition, and there was quite a large number of people enjoying the exhibition whilst I was there plus a queue of people outside when I left waiting to go in. However, I think that when it comes to Impressionist exhibitions, wherever I am they are always popular with lots of people going to see these beautiful artworks. I think that Impressionism is definitely my favourite period with regards to art, and has been for a long time. It's worth a visit!

Then lucky last for my couple of days of culture, last night I went with a few friends to a bar called "Magnolia" to see the Scottish band Glasvegas. The bar is actually just out of Milan, near Idroscala and Linate airport. It's not a massive venue, and I guess that there was a couple of hundred people there last night. I actually didn't know too much about Glasvegas beforehand, but I did enjoy the concert. They have a new album that they are busy promoting at the moment. Their music is rock / indie and they've got some good songs. Their drummer is amazing! She is Swedish and a real rock chick!!