We had a very relaxing train ride to Milan, although once we got there it rained nonstop. Through the pouring rain, we completed the short walk to our hotel from the Milano Centrale Station. We took some time to dry off and then headed out to explore the city. Right away we noticed that Milan is not nearly as much of a tourist city as the other places that we've been to thus far on this trip. Though it is a pretty large city of 1.3 million, there were very few people out and about in the streets throughout the day. People were also less friendly than they were in the other cities we vistited. Our first stop and main reason for coming to Milan was to see Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting "The Last Supper". Surprisingly between our hotel front desk, two people in the metro station, one person who worked at Castello Sforzesco (the Milan Castle that was home to the royal family), and a lady working at a travel agency, no one seemed to know exactly where the painting was located. They even seemed to not know who da Vinci was. Maybe it was the language barrier? Luckily due to Kim's great memory, we made our way through the rain to Santa Maria delle Grazie, the church where the painting is displayed, but unfortunately we could not get in because viewings were sold out for the next two days. Disappointed and soaked, we made our way back to our hotel after grabbing dinner and called it a night. The next day we decided to venture out to check out the shopping. Afterall, Milan is one of the fashion capitals of the world. Still in the rain, we toured Via Monte Napoleone which is home to stores such as Dior, Dolce and Gabbana, Gucci and many others. The shopping is nice in Milan, but we didn't see what all the hype was about because we've seen the same stores in Los Angeles, Vegas, New York, London, Florence, and many other American and European cities. We next checked out the city's main gothic style church (Duomo di Milano) before making our way back to the train station to secure our train tickets to Nice, France for the next morning. All in all we would not recommend Milan as one of your stops if you are a traveling tourist. But if you're an aspiring model, this may be the place for you, especially during fashion week (late February-early March). This was our last stop in Italy. Now we are preparing for the long train ride to France.
Lorenzo relaxing on the high speed Eurostar train to Milan
Kim just getting off the train with all her bags
Dreary rainy view from our hotel room
View of the city
Just one of the many high end boutiques
What Milan is all about....fashion
Kim in front of Duomo di Milano (The Milan Gothic Church)
Lorenzo in front of a fountain at the train station
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