May 28 Chinatown, Castello Sforzesco

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Took a look around Chinatown. Many dumplings, breads, crepes, skewers, and other Northern Chinese specialities I'm not used to seeing. Stores have a much smaller produce section, but stock large packages of tofu and multinational dry goods, from Filipino ube to Turkish kataifi. And I got my fix of beef noodles and bitter melon. I would love to go back and get some soy products.


Nearby was the Parco Sempione, where they were holding a cherry festival and the big attraction Castello Sforzesco. While hiding from the heat in the courtyard, I discovered a group of musicians with Renaissance instruments. They were live performers for an amateur group of dancers. There was one guitar-like instrument with a rounded belly, violin-like instrument with six strings, and two musicians who both played various instruments. Among other instruments were bagpipes, recorders, oboe-like instrument, and long tubular wind instrument with no mouthpiece. Considering that I don't know the names, maybe I should visit the museum of instruments there.







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