Fashionable in Milan

 

Today was a travel day! We did some breakfast this morning before we checked out of our place and wandered around Rialto market a bit. It was super cute. Lots of fresh veggies and fish. I would love to make a weekly visit to it! The train travel was smooth today. Three hours went by so fast. 

Milan is very different from Venice. Back in the hustle and bustle of the city. Lots of fancy clothes, expensive bags, perfectly groomed brows, and lip filler. All the things Brian and I were looking for in our stay. Kidding. We arrived wearing our back packs and clearly are just passing through. 

Our place is super cute. Francesco met us here and gave us a tour. It’s really close to good restaurants and beautiful Sforzesco Castle which haven’t leaned much about yet. We walked over both in the day and at night to check it out.

Our first thing on the list today was lunch. We found a cute place just around the corner from us and got some paninis. I really needed some food. 

After lunch we headed over to the Duomo to tour around in the cathedral and museum. It was enormous. It’s one of the largest Catholic Churches in the world. It took 6 centuries to complete. Pictures can’t even do it justice. We started by walking on the roof and then went down inside. Pretty amazing. 

When Italy entered WWI, they removed the stained glass panels from the cathedral to keep them safe! 

It was really amazing to see how big it was and to learn about how it was built .The museum had a lot of beautiful sculptures and stained glass. I know they are boring to share, but these caught my eye. 

St Peter visiting St Agatha after being tortured and helping her to heal her amputated breasts. This disturbed me.

Stained glass was used to tell the religious stories to people who weren’t able to read. 

It was a really good visit to the Duomo followed by a walk through at the neighboring bougie mall, The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. It’s the oldest shopping center in Milan.  

We did not go into any stores in there. Just did some people watching and window shopping as we passed through. We walked back to our place to take a short rest before leaving for dinner.

I’m now sitting up a bit passed midnight listening to the thunder and rain hitting the roof. I’m hoping it doesn’t rain tomorrow on our last day in Italy.  We will be viewing The Last Supper tomorrow. Seems fitting!