An Italian day of culture
Round up of our NGV Winter Masterpieces Daytrip - Wed 30th July
Some think we're a little nuts to head out at the crack of dawn into the freezing cold to go and see some foreign paintings - but it's now our 2nd Winter Masterpieces daytrip and we're really getting to enjoy the frosty start.It was a culture packed day which kicked off with some French pastries and the

Next was a guided tour through the extraordinary collection of Italian Masterpieces from Spain's Royal Court, Museo Del Prado. My personal favourite was a divine and captivating work by Caravaggio which superbly illustrated his unique and ground breaking light and shade technique called Caravaggism.

A final stop at The Westin Hotel to check out some of Bill Henson's photograph was the perfect precursor to our wind down at Hardware Lane, and in keeping with the Italian theme of the day, a few glasses of red and aperativo. Phew! We were truly exhausted and cultured out, but no too tired to plot out our next day trip! Stay tuned!