We are getting pretty good at navigating around Milan. This Roman washing area is right in the middle of a residential area near Eleanor's apartment. You can see the slanted boards they probably washed on, and the racks to dry.
The apartment is on a street that is along a canal. In the evening the cars are gone and tables from the restaurants are set up all along the street. We ate right near her house one evening.
We are staying in Eleonora's three bedroom apartment while in Milan. We really like it. She has decorated it more simply than the family home, with bright colors in all of the rooms. It is on the third floor of a 4 story building. All of the windows and doors look into an interior court yard. Like almost all buildings, there are green shutters on the windows and doors of the yellowish stucco building.
Milan is a busy working city known for its textile industry. This modern sculpture is of a thread and needle. All of the buildings here, and in the other parts of Italy that we have seen, are centuries old, but have been renovated. Even new buildings such as apartments, are built in the old style, so most of the architecture is similar.