Leonardo Da Vinci Milan

... I finally got all 3 tickets, went back to retrieve my sandwich, and had to wait in line behind people who knew what they were doing. FINALLY I got my sandwich, and went outside to eat with John and Meghan. They had watched the whole thing and thought it was pretty funny, but I was pretty peeved. As we ate on the steps of the duomo I cooled off, and we headed off again. We went to the theater, but it cost money to get inside, so ...

... people per session – complete opposite to Mona Lisa. After that I went to Castello Sforzesco, which is remnant Castle from the days of Italian royalty. Not as well maintained as London or Paris castles, but more authentic looking and aged. Bit of wandering about before checking out of hotel and walking to the Milan Railway Station (a really nice building actually) to set off for the canals of Venice.

PS – happy bday cuz Sarah...

... Nothing much else to do. Milan isn't that good. I also had some Italian icecream that Daniel told me to buy. It was yummy, I tried the fruit and rasberry but I will always be a fan of chocolate. I also had a massive slice of pizza, although it was more bread than anything else. There was also a market open in front of the castle and I saw the most massive cheese, the smaller one was 18kg!

Well, after all that moaning and groaning about Ryan Air, the experience was just fine. Probably because I slept for most of the way! At one point I woke up because of the turbulence and thought, "argh, these rickety Ryan Air planes." Well, take a look at my photo to see just why there was a bit of turbulence. So awesome.

I landed in Bergamo and dropped my bags at security. I braved another intense downpour. Major enough to actually make me pull out my bright red rain coat ...

Hi Everyone!

Our last day in Milan was bittersweet. It had been a fabulous week…but exhausting. We had two appointments before we headed back to Florence. We first went to Touch Neozone and then Cloud 9. Both are trade shows. Both were very interesting. Again ...

... Barcelona taking the cup and ooh do I wish I had stayed in Barcelona another night to be able to witness the party that happened there after they won. So we hit the sack with Venice in the morning and the feeling that Milan is far from the Italy that would expected of "Italy's Northern Capital" other than a beauitiful church and overpriced shopping it is a city with a pulse that may belong in America or England rather than in Italy.

... Right on time entered the amazing "Sigur Ros" starting slowly with old songs on a stage full of rounded light balls that looked like a galaxy and we sure did fly. The atmosphere was amazing; rain, sander storm coming and going almost as it was a part of the show and the guy beside us that with every movement of his excitement we were surrounded by stinky smell, and boy he was excite. Sigor Ros finished with a song from ...

... and I think I' ll end up using that more than I would have used the oven anyways. The weather is supposed to be nice this week and I' m looking forward wandering around Florence between my classes again this week! I always seem to be walking and find something new I haven' t seen yet, so hopefully I can continue to do that and visit some of the museums here too! This weekend' s trip is to Rome, so I have more to look forward to at the end of the week! Ciao!!

... from Germany, and Alicia and Silvia from Spain... at one point, whilst walking to find a club we stumbled across a car that was lying across the tram lines. We helped the tram driver move it and got a free ride into town to say thank you! Love Milan - but think a day and a half is plenty of time to appreciate it! Love ne Laughter, Phill x

... So instead of napping, we changed and decided to go downtown where immediately we saw the Milan Duomo. We ate at Bar Duomo, spaghetti with tomato sauce and a pizza margherita, starting out at the beautiful Piazza. Taking in all the sights, even though it was supposed to be raining and there wasnt a cloud to be seen in the sky. We wandered the downtown streets looking through different types of stores. (My search for an Italian soccer jersey has ...