Well we made it to Milan malpensa airport right on time after starting our day in Moorpark at 3:30 am. We rented a car in moorpark to take the trip to Burbank Airport because the shuttle wanted to pick us up at 3:20 am for a 7:00 am flight. Car to airport, check.
Arrived at airport with plenty of time to spare, check, turned in car, and literally walked 75 feet into the airport, and checked in, Nice!
On the next leg of our journey from Salt Lake City to Atlanta we sat behind a couple that was also going to Milan for a late honeymoon
Terri taking over...ok, The guy had served as a missionary in Italy and spoke fluent Italian, which came in very handy as our flight from Utah to Atlanta was late, we all made a mad dash across the airport to our connecting flight to Milan, however, our luggage did not. We had to fill out paperwork so that they could deliver our luggage in the am. Being the world travelers that we are, we were prepared and had all we needed for a day or so in our one carry on we brought. Ten points for the old folks, zero for the newly weds, they were left with not even a toothbrush, chalk one up to experience...
It is now 9a.m. So we stow our luggage in a locker for ten euro and head off to see Milano. Choose a hop on hop off city tour, then headed to see the duomo, lots marble and frescoes, just amazing detail.
They had two mummified cardinals where you could actually see the hands...rather Erie. Lit a candle for all my deceased family and relatives.
So much to see in there we spent several hours looking around then left to go eat. Next to the duomo is this huge area with a glass/steel framed overhead built in 1865, it was spectacular. We had lunch there an picked up a sweet ashtray for Tam, literally, blame her she made me do it. It was her only request we had to oblige.
After close to 30 hours without sleep we decided to head to our hotel. Jim decided it would be faster to walk then wait for the bus.....let's just say some of us were more than crabby. Took a Train to rho, but got off at the wrong exit there are two Rho's, had to backtrack on another train,finally made it to our hotel, showered and went to bed EXHAUSTED!
Got up the next day and decided to go to a real Castle Sforezesco in Milan that in addition to being a castle, housed a couple of museums.
The museum was a whole treasure house of Renaissance paintings, sculptures, and most notably, Michelangelo's Pieta Rhodonini, an unfinished Pieta that was one of the last sculptures he worked on.
In one of our walkabouts we saw a Ferrari store and had to snap a picture. Pay 120 euros and you can drive in this Ferrari a mile and a half around the city; for 200 euros you could drive 2 miles around the city. Problem is that this is Milan and it was Rush hour, why would I want to drive 15 miles an hour in a Ferrari.
exhausted is good - you'll sleep like a baby. you were supoosed to get the ashtray on day 20+, not day 1! now, unless you find a post office, you'll have to carry it around for a month. and i may have been just as happy to get one of those votive candles - they're not only for dead people, you know.
ReplyDeletelove the adventure, but you might look in the tour book for the name of the thing built in 1865.
hello tamie, you are correct, the correct name of the covered marketplace next to the Duomo in Milan is Galleria Vittorio Emanuel II, named after the first king of the kingdom of Italy. Designed in 1847 and built between 1865 and 1867. The ashtray was a crime of opportunity that presented itself and had to be taken advantage of.
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