So today is officially Mike's first day of holiday. I had an option of going to Foxtown, a designer warehouse center in Switzerland or take Mike for a bit of cultural tour. I chose the later, somehow I find shopping in Italy a bit overrated.
We headed to Milan by train to see the Duomo and Last Supper. Unfortunaly the tickets to see the Last Supper was sold out.
When we got to Duomo, our entry was rejected because I was wearing a long summer dress with a tank top style. That was inappropriate to get into the Cathedral. So we had to buy me a shirt. I see it as an excuse to shop. I'm surprised that dress code to the Duomo is not highly publisiced. I would have expected a touristy place like that would warn people of the standard dress code. Glad to say, I wasn't the only one who got rejected at the gate!
So tourist bewarn! Especially female, make sure you wear dress covering your knee and no tank tops! Nor sandals!
The Cathedral was just spectacular, I couldnt believe the details of the stain glass that coloured and lit the Cathedral. It was just amazing, that is all I can say.
From there we headed to the Novocento Museo, just next to the Duomo. The museum housed a number of famous paintings including those of Pablo Picasso.
We also went to the Piazza next to the Duomo, its a large shopping center. I checked out the Louis Vuitton shop there but nothing captured my eyes. We ended up spending some money at the art shop, came back with 2 spectacular paintings of Milan. Its only a reproduction, simply cant afford the real ones at this stage :)
We had lunch in Milan, I made the mistake of not ordering the lasagne. Mike did, so I ended up stealing some of his lunch. The lasagne here taste nothing like the lasagne in Australia, sorry but that is the truth!
Ciao Milan!
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