Milan

I went to Milan with Laila and Avanti the same weekend I was in Verona. We took a very early train into Milan, and had the train station hold our luggage because Avanti and I were going to fly back to Rome late that night. The first thing we did in Milan was visit the Cathedral of Santa Maria. It’s the 2^nd largest catholic cathedral in the worl, and it was stunning with it’s off white stone carved architecture. We climbed to the top of this cathedral and got one of the best views of Milan. I quickly realized that this city was more industrialized and had a lot more taller and modern buildings then other cities I had visited. After the cathedral, we had lunch at a generic pizza chain restaurant and the pizza was not the best I’ve had. We walked around Milan a little bit, examining various monuments and statues before dedicating the rest of the day looking at high-end designer shops. Being the fashion capitol of the world, I expected top of the line stores, where my mouth would drop because the products and the stores would look so amazing. Well, let’s just say I was disappointed. It was really fun visiting my favorite designers – Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci, etc but I was envious at the hundreds of people I saw carrying shopping bags from those stores. Buying something there was not exactly in the budget….but, I did find myself a red trench coat from MANGO for spring. It was on sale, and I was so sick of taking pictures in my purple coat so I was very satisfied with my purchase. The only other thing to do in Milan was to see the famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci – the last supper. Except, Sunday was the once day where the museum was not open. The last thing on our agenda was to check out these so called designer outlets that were located a little out of the city. We took three separate trains to get there, only to realize it was a small department store that had random designer things on sale. In other words, it couldn’t even compete with Nordstrom rack. So, that was the end of Milan. I’m glad I took a day to tour the city and see what people call the fashion world – but I wasn’t entirely impressed.