Holiday Inn Milan-Assago

... way that most people view it. I view it as busy, and very much like a big city, with their tall buildings and crazy traffic, I miss the conforts of the country, the ease of just walking around and not worrying about getting lost as there isn't much to get lost in, such a strange girl I am, born city girl, yet a country girl at heart)<br><br>Andrea took me back to his place, we chatted about the farm as he is a frequent flyer at Il Paretaio, and his ...

... statues. I mean, it was just a sea of statues! The wall that surrounded the entire property as actually a hallway where less rich people were "buried" in drawers (still made of marble), and it was this wall/hallway that we had walked up on to see the rest of the cemetary. I must say, I think that was my favorite part about Milan. It was quiet, beautiful, in a sad way, and so unique. As we walked out, back to the train station, I ...

After a light breakfast, we walked 10 minutes to Stazione Centrale (main train station &amp; transit hub), &amp; caught a hop-on, hop-off bus for a morning tour around Milan.<br><br><br><br><br>Spent about an hour at the magnificent Duomo, taking a brief walk around, thru &amp; on top of the huge building! <br><br><br><br><br>The surrounding Piazza and adjacent, commanding 'Galleria Vittorio Emmanuel ...

departed Brisbane on time, then 7 hrs to Singapore for a well-earned 1 hr stretch of the legs while the plane was refuelled.....then a further 7 hrs to Dubai where we had another welcome 4 hr break between flying.<br>Partook in some local 'culture' by feasting on a McDonalds "McArabian Chicken Burger" (see photo).<br><br>Amazing terminal with ...

... sunset. So I opted to go explore first. I was very glad I did. The trail was really neat, going through the vineyard, and there was indeed an awesome view of the sunset. And there were also great views of the town of Manarola. It was basically a cliff beside the ocean, completely covered in pastel houses. <br><br>And now I have a bit of sad news to report. I went back to the hostel and searched through all my bags, and I can&#8217;t find the first three Hard Rock Caf ...

... hotel - I took advantage of the late-check out to order room service and relax a little more in front of the TV. I hopped on my train to Venice at 5 pm and took my overnight train from Venice at 9:30 pm. Overall, I didn't see any of Milan, aside from my hotel room and the train station, but it was a very relaxing stop!

... qu'il y a les jeunes hommes qui vous ouvrent les portes !). Du coup, on est retourné dans les quartiers des canaux pour déguster une glace chez RivaReno. On nous avait dit « les meilleures glaces du monde », vous avez envie de vous moquer, eh bien non, pour une fois la publicité n'est pas mensongère ! Chocolat Inca, Safran, Mangue (comme le fruit mais en crémeux)... un véritable délice ! Topos de la journée shopping : on n'a rien acheté !

... get it and you have to book in advance (Just call them)<br><br>Strong reco ... it you are in Milan plan to watch a football match. Otherwise headout to a lake nearby in Alps and stay there for the night.<br><br>If none of this is possible, than please go to Milan before you head anywhere else in italy.It will make the trip better and more worthwhile.<br><br>Hey... note all of above is subject to you not going to Milan for shopping... <br>

... in the m*tter bec*use I "*llowed" the guy next to me to unle*sh his temper thus sp*ring me of *ll responsibility *nd involvement in the fight. Yes, I instig*ted * little. But just enough. I l*ugh, but it is true. After pl*ying countless video g*me versions of "Who W*nts To Be A Millionn*ire," w*tching both "Str*nger Th*n Fiction" (which sucked) *nd "Dej*vu" (which *lso sucked), I fin*lly spotted the Alps from the window *nd soon l*nded in M*lpens* Aeroporto ...

... that was a little funny but we got in anyway, during the journey we noticed that there was a man sitting in front of us with 3 big sports bags. we didn't reallt think much of this until we were about 1km from the border, when suddenly we pulled to the side of the road, there was aman waiting there, the door opened the bags went out, the door shut and we were back on our way through border control. Border control took ages but we all got through ok. On the other ...