Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Milan: Closed For Rest and Relaxation

I'm in Italy! with my last weekend in Germany (my stay here is almost over- so sad!) I set off down to Italy. More specifically, I'm in Milan. Which during planning, didn't strike me as a particularly touristy destination. I now know why. Where other cities would welcome visitors with open arms, making visiting exciting and easy, we had to walk for ~30 minutes from the train station before we found a single store (a restaurant) that was open. I know Italians are laid back- but shouldn't some places be open for lunch around noon? (It's too unreasonable, right?)
The confusingly ambiguous indoor/outdoor street was empty
So, as we all had very little idea bout what was in Milan, we were all blown away by the giant, whit e church. Even though it wasn't as tall as the Cathedral of Notre Dame or the Kölner Dom, the church had an immediate awe factor that out did any other cathedral I've seen so far.
So much detailing
Extensive detailing continues inside as well
After admiring the church's amazingly brightly colored stained glass windows and playing with the pigeons, we headed toward Milan's gardens. We were waylaid, however by a giant fountain in front of the castle in the gardens. Seeing the cool water was too much of a temptation on the hot day, so we took an early afternoon break to cool our feet in the fountain.
What a nice place to sit back at cool off
The good part about having a city with nothing open and not many people around was that it gave off a very relaxed feeling- we took the opportunity to take a short break in the park (and became a feast for mosquitoes) The bad part was that finding food became complicated.

As we walked all over the down town area it became clear that the only things open were the street vendors and the few restaurants in the precise center of downtown which were full of all the city's tourists. Well at least like this we won't have to worry about sticking out.

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