Greetings from Milan! After spending two days in Cinque Terre, Rachel and I explored Milan on Sunday October 5th before she headed back to Prague. Thanks for being a tourist in my own city with me! Sunday: We got up fairly early on Sunday since Rachel was leaving for the airport around 5pm and we wanted to see as much of Milan as possible. Our first stop was the Duomo area where we saw the Starbucks Reserve Milano Roastery before having breakfast at a local chain, Panini Durini. We had capuccinos, a croissant with nutella, and a waffle with nutella. After breakfast, we had tickets to walk to the top of the Duomo and go inside the church. The views from the terrace were absolutely spectacular. Rachel was particularly happy walking around the roof since she took an intro to architecture class and was able to point out all the different details. Going to the terrace is definitely one of my must dos now for Milan. We didn't realize that Mass was going on when we entered the church's interior, but it was super cool to witness mass taking place in such a historic church. I'm definitely going to figure out whether I can be inside for Christmas Mass. There was also a downstairs museum area with artifacts they excavated that we did not explore for long, but was included with our ticket so we checked it out. Once we were done at the Duomo, we checked out the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (the huge glass domed shopping plaza) and the pop up Louis Vuitton Time Capsule Experience. For lunch, we had pizza from Spontini (huge slice style fast casual pizza). We then went to Fondazione Prada, a modern art museum funded by Prada. I had never been, but a lot of people said that it was a must do experience. Rachel and I were both glad we went, but both wouldn't call it must see. The art was whack even for modern art, there was no descriptions of what we were looking at, there was a line to buy tickets that did not have to exist/was unclear, and it was a little pricy for the actual amount of art present in the facility. Despite all of that, there were some cool installations and we enjoyed our time laughing at all the different pieces. After Fondazione Prada we walked over to Navigli where we stumbled on a chocolate street festival (small but cute) and got more gelato. After gelato, it was already time to head back to my apartment, so Rachel could grab her bag and head to the airport. Best Moments:
Definitely the Duomo's rooftop / terrace area. Hands down. The views of the plaza and just of the Duomo's roof are breathtaking and worth the steps. There is also an elevator up but the stairs are not as crazy as other tall buildings. It was so nice spending the weekend traveling with Rachel and I can't wait till I visit her in Prague (for Halloween weekend!)
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