I’m going to keep this one short because Milan is a bit of a touchy subject for this family. Let’s just say we had a hard time finding our hotel when coming into town. We enjoyed driving around in circles in the dark for two hours searching for a street that did not seem to exist. Now we knew that the street signage in Europe was going to be minimal, but we never thought that a city could possibly function with zero directional notification
Since we only had a day and a half in Milan we had to pick only a couple things to see. We took a shot and dropped by Santa Maria Del Grazie where Di Vinci's "Last Supper" painting is located. Apparently you need a 45 day in advance reservation to see the fresco since they only let 20 people at a time in the climate controlled room. Instead we headed toward the famous gothic duomo in the central part of Milan. I have to say that this building blew away anything else I have ever seen. How would have thought. For me it was the most incredible architectural structure I have ever seen. The pillars alone inside are ENORMOUS!
Here Ryan and I are standing against one to show some perspective. We couldn't even fit the whole into the picture.
The video doesn't do the cathedral justice!
I do have to admit that even though the street signs in Milan are nonexistent, the Metro and bus system was fairly easy. Since Milan is an industrious city and houses many working people, the public transportation was great!
Five big loads of laundry later we finally had clean clothes for the rest of the trip. It really surprised us how hard is was to find a self service laundrymat in all the places we stayed. And they aren't cheap either...
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