Green House Milan

... no idea we were in Switzerland as the french developed a more german sound to it. I stopped in the train station to use the bathroom and grab food before my next train.  The bathroom cost 2 swiss francs and I only had euros.  I looked through my coin purse trying to figure out what to give the man.  He plucked a two euro coin from my purse and said this will do. I said okay and headed into the stall.  Then I realized what the hell there is no way I'm paying ...

Aujourd'hui fut la plus froide des journee en italie jusqu'a present. nous avons visiter milan. une grande ville qui n'a pas autant d'eclat que les petites villes que nous avons vue jusqu'a presentl, Il y a l a cathedrale(duomo) qui est tres impresionnante, le chateau tres bien conserver et un cimetiere immense ou tous sont inhume dans des ...

... good for what you pay!! And awesome for a backpacker!!
Went for drinks at Frank's Bar which Patrick who owns the hotel recommended. Turned out to be a pretty trendy cocktail joint
where you pay for your drink at 1 place then get it at another. 10 Euro for a beverage no matter what you had so naturally I ordered a long island ice tea!!!

... even after all of the churches I've seen on this trip.
Went to the famous La Scala, but we couldn't go inside as they werehaving a rehearsal at the time and unlike the Vienna Opera House couldn't get cheap standing tickets for a performance and wander freely around the inside at the same time.

Wandered around town and stopped at what turned out to ...

... on this Southern California girl. Hence the sleeping in until noon today, which all who know me know that I never do. But, I am finding that I am slowly growing to love the Italian lifestyle. I am finding that my map is my best friend. I got my first Milan shopping experience under my belt and managed to not break the bank. I went to a pub to watch the big futbol game, inner vs. outer Milan. It was a little disappointing because the team that ...

... cold shoulder.  I just wasted 20 euro, on what?! Seriously.  The world would be a better place without scammers like that.   After that upset, I needed some prada.    So we walked around and saw the gateway to heaven:  Prada and Gucci all in one.  It was literally amazing.   We then decided to eat lunch and had some real Italian pizza.  Everyone in the restaurant was eating their own full pizza, while we only shared two.    They looked at us kind ...

... new rest. in September in NY maybe you can come visit! totally sweet little younger guy. tee hee then we caught a tram on the way back to central station to get a sense of traveling above ground....saw one that said to central station, and then metro back to hostel...was about 11p when we got back to hostel. and got a general game plan together by stopping at central station to see what time the trains were to Venice and then looked at map and guide book back at hostel and off to bed.

After Istanbul and Rome... even Venice looked dull .. so what do you say about Milan!

Though we did go to see the famous Leonardo Da Vince's Last Supper. For the nerds likes me, let me tell you that the painting is not on a canvas but on the wall of the church (don't remember the name of the church) ... the experience was Wow... it almost felt that you were having dinner with Jesus and his group .. its costs about 25Euro per person ...

... to opera house views if you are unclear on what I mean) is clearly arbitrary, choosing spaces only a suggestion. When you are done at the opera house, and you unpark yourself from the sidewalk and drive down it to the street, you can fill up on gasoline at the roadside pumps. In Milan, gas stations like QuikTrip, Mobil, and 76 are reworked into sidewalk vendors where a ...