Mangia!

We arrived in Italy just over twenty four hours ago and so far we've had:

• Lasagne
• Pizza
• Calzone
• Italian Cab Sav
• Coffee
• Gnocchi
• Gelati!

I'm not sure that there's much left to achieve in Italy!

 

Today we explored the local neighbourhood and wandered through the markets. Actually that's not what happened, what we actually did was search the neighbourhood for a lavendaria that doesn't exist!!

 

Once we gave up we headed into the centre of Milan which we discovered is much nicer than the area we're staying in. What could be a really lovely neighbourhood along the canal is not well looked after and covered in graffiti. We've noticed that the Italians don't take as much pride in their public parks and gardens as the Spanish, French and Swiss.

Sunday Market along the Canal

In the centre of Milan we discovered some lovely buildings, including the amazing Duomo (cathedral), and all the good shops!

The Duomo which is guarded by security and the army!

We went to mass at the Duomo this afternoon which is a huge, richly decorated Cathedral, however we weren't allowed to take photos! As we left it was bucketing rain and we got drenched. Fingers crossed it stops tomorrow so we can continue our search for a lavendaria and check out the HOHO bus.

 

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