Monday, July 16, 2012

Milan, Day 1

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We were lucky enough that the Italian transportation strike only lasted one day! We encountered no problems taking the vaporetto to the train station to board our train to Milan! 

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Jamie loves trains :) 

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We arrived in Milan hungry, so we stopped at McDonald's near the train station. We very much enjoyed Italian McDonald's! 

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Our salads were served with EVOO for dressing, 

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and Italian crunchy breadsticks. 

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After a quick lunch, we walked about 20 minutes and then arrived at our B&B, which was very nice! It had a large king size bed, 

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a large bathroom, 

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and a private balcony with beautiful flowers and a nice view! 

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We then walked downtown, in search of the Duomo. 

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We first walked through the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, where we could not afford anything, but it was fun to look! 

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Then, we admired the facade of the Duomo before going inside to see the grand cathedral. 

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The inside of the cathedral was beautiful, and it featured unique stained glass windows. 

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After viewing the inside, we climbed to the top for some unbelievable views! 

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The top was under construction, so Jamie took this photo of a picture of it, so that we could know what it was really supposed to look like. 

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After Duomo, we headed back toward our B&B, and ate a lovely dinner at Sabatini. We had bruschetta, salad, wine, gnocchi and risotto. Yum! 

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