*Sigh* – Well that was nice.

Wasn’t yesterday a beautiful day?

Well, OK, for those of you who don’t live in Milan, it may not have been. But here it was truly fantastic. The sun shone and it was too warm to wear a hat and scarf! Also, I had the windows of the flat open for most of the day.

Saturday night, we went to see the King’s Speech – in Italian. I loved it still. For me, Geoffrey Rush made the film. However, I really did feel that, in Italian, it lost something. The stuttering which, after all, is what the film is about, could not be portrayed in quite the same way since the words in Italian are different and so it wasn’t consistent – and it seemed, sometimes, that the stuttering was ignored – and, therefore, the real struggle with it did not come across properly.

Added to that, there is so much background history that the Italians don’t know. I mean, the speech, the subject of the film, is something that most British people will know about since it has been played many, many times.

And, although I’m not a royalist, it does give you some feeling for the Royals which I find hard to understand myself.

But go see it, even in Italian if you can’t see it in English.

F said that it shouldn’t have won ‘Best Film’ at the Oscars. He said it was nothing compared to ‘The lives of others’ – his favourite film. I tried to point out that the film he loves was a number of years ago and you could always say that about your favourite film. But I think he was just saying it for effect.

And then we went to Al Basilico Fresco, as it is very close to the cinema and where I had a pizza that was fantastic – smoked bacon with parmesan and fresh tomatoes. It was really one of the very best I’ve had for a long time. Maybe I should rate the place higher. The only problem with it is that it gets really full and there is little space between the tables. But, still, very nice.

Yesterday, because the weather was really so nice, after going for breakfast with An, the three of us walked up Corso Buenos Aires for a bit, arriving home about 11 a.m. F had to iron and pack as he’s gone to Germany for the week. But later, he and I took the dogs out for an hour or so, which was lovely.

Unfortunately, it’s gone colder again this morning and cloudy. And the forecast for next weekend is rain and heavy rain. F doesn’t get back until Saturday evening. But that’s OK. I must do some things on Saturday (apart from sleep in). This is going to be a VERY busy week! Lessons every night and, for most nights, two lessons. Still it’s money towards the holiday.

4 thoughts on “*Sigh* – Well that was nice.

  1. It was lovely!
    :)
    too bad today it’s f**** cold again.
    We went for a long walk with Duick along the Ticino river. We really enjoyed it and big boy loved it.
    The lives of others is my fav. movie too (I also LOVE The Hours).
    ps. rain for next weekend? :(

    • Yes, too bad.
      Oh that sounds lovely. And you got to spend some time together too :-)
      I love the Hours and have watched it many times.
      p.s. that’s what the forecast says – although it IS a forecast and so will (hopefully) change :-)

  2. I still intend seeing The King’s Speech, the whole triumph over adversity thing speaks to me, if you know what I mean ;-) And I know translations can be rough. I sometimes watch movies with subtitles in different languages and at least once I will snort and say “That is not what he/she said at all!”

    Also, I think some of the history may be lost on the new generation. I’m in my early 30s and only vaguely aware of what the speech is about. But then my history was never great!

    • Yes, I can well understand why you would want to see it, TSM. Yes, some translations are, shall we say, less than perfect – but they can be very funny.

      Indeed, I am a little bit closer to the 2nd World War than you ;-)

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