Our Day in Milan

 Anna and I both arrived in Milan on Thursday morning, August 14th,

 and found each other quickly and easily! 

We made our way to our hotel and that was also rather painless! 

After that we set out to make the most of our day in Milan.

 We had a delicious lunch before heading to the Duomo. 

Oh my goodness the Duomo…it’s absolutely STUNNING! 

You are just walking along the street and then you turn a corner and 

BAM there it is in all its splendor! 

It’s absolutely stunning!

 I highly recommend a visit if you’re ever in Milan!

 It’s free to get into the church, 

just make sure you’re dressed appropriately or they won’t let you in! 

The inside of the church was just as incredible as the outside! 

And we didn’t realize it until later but we had been looking at all these dead cardinals…

one had been there for over 500 years! 

Also, if you visit the Duomo you definitely need to go up to the terraces!

 You can climb all the way up and around the top of the building and the view is amazing, 

plus you get a closer look at some of the architecture! 

When you go there’s a ticket booth on the right side of the church, 

around the corner, 

go there FIRST and buy the ticket, 

I think its 7 euros to go by stairs and 10 euros by elevator. 

If you’re young and in good health, take the stairs, it’s good for you! 

But it’s important to buy the ticket first because when you go to get in line for the terraces 

(on the left side of the building, around the corner)

 you get to skip the long lines of people waiting to buy a ticket, 

we got to go straight in! 

Also, be mindful of your surroundings when you’re at the Duomo. 

There are lots of tourists here and it’s very crowded so it’s where pickpockets and such like to roam. And, if a man approaches you saying he’s going to give you a bracelet, 

just say no and walk away. 

We had a bit of an altercation because a man insisted on giving Anna a bracelet

 even though she repeatedly told him she wasn’t going to pay for it.

 He ended up getting mad and tying it on her wrist just to spite me, 

but hey she did get a free bracelet. 

After the Duomo we headed down Via Dante and visited the Sforzesco Castle grounds.

 Jet lag was hitting Anna pretty hard, and I was running on four hours of sleep so we just strolled around the park and sat and talked for a while, 

before grabbing pizza to go and eating it in our room.