Milan E Speranza Au Lac Stresa

... Chocolate Factory, so I would read a couple paragraphs, then she would, and we went through the book that way. The younger one has a book that has English on one page and Italian on the other, so I would read the English and she would read the Italian, so we both knew what the story was about. <br><br>A side story that I find very funny-I have been riding Angelo's bike a lot, since it's my only means of transportation when they ...

... wine. However the song must continue and I made my way to Milano. (here goes the part I don&#8217;t really wanna share but&#8230;alas I must as it is my lot in life to tell people about the embarrassing things I do). Stressful as it was to have sat on the train for near to an hour to be struck dumbfounded when the realization of my passport and money<br>belt are lazily still dreaming under my pillow back in Riomaggiore. My heart starts pounding, and at ...

... we chose a cemetry, I must say, I am SO glad we went, it was INCREDIBLE. Absolutely amazing. We went in a back way and were immediately surrounded by marble statues. These people don't bury their dead with a simple tombstone marker. No, they have intricate statues, every single one of them, so that it was like walking through a strange outdoor museum. We walked up some stairs and at the top I lost my breath. For as far as I could see, it ...

... I wanted to see the gallery which houses Da Vinci's Last Supper but I it needed an advanced booking, I couldn't get in until November. But I had word that it wasn't worth it, you couldn't even take pictures. The next day I went and saw the castle (another castle) which houses a number of museums, one of which I wanted to go to was a museum which housed Da Vinci's works but it was only open ...

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 ...

After Istanbul and Rome... even Venice looked dull .. so what do you say about Milan! <br><br>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 4:00, though. We pampered ourselves for the afternoon and took a nap, read, wrote in our trip journal and just generally relaxed. We had another huge dinner that lasted from 7:00 to 9:00 and are getting ready to retire for the evening. A thunderstorm struck during dinner, with lightning and thunder so strong that the lights flickered and the windows trembled. Our ...

... in Italian, so we know what they are supposed to be saying, but we're learning the Italian, but we have to watch them on our computers. Oh well. I didn't like their kitchen that much, they have to use matches to light the stove, and it's kind of crowded. So after our tour, I cooked the pasta and chicken. We made an olive oil dip for the bread. Now, I can never get the amount of pasta right for how many people I'm cooking for, I figured five people, and three guys, they'll ...

... from small towns to be a major hassle 3) it tends to be expensive to stay in small towns. My finances are being drained fast here so I'll probably start looking at cutting out cities that don't have much to offer also. It'll probably turn into more of a "highlights of Europe" tour. Though Eastern Europe isn't supposed to be too bad for prices, so I may be able to see and do more there. Tomorrow I'm off to Zermatt, Switzerland. "Life ...