Milan, Italy Legitimately being in one of the fashion capitals of the world elicits so much excitement within my ever-failing body. However, I must say that I’ve been missing Pittsburgh immensely, and Asian food. The highlight of today was Kristina… Read More
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Cats in the castle
Today, we took a tour of the Duomo di Milano and the Duomo Cathedral, the largest church in Italy (not counting St. Peter’s Basilica since that is in the State of Vatican City.) The original stone laying dates back to… Read More
Milan, you have this city girl’s heart
100% of the appeal of Milan for me is in their reputation in the fashion industry. I love the feeling of being in a city, and Milan took it up a million notches. Businessmen in well tailored (probably more expensive… Read More
Day 10: Milano
Today we had an earlier call time than expected. But, we needed it because we had tickets to get inside the Duomo in Milan at 12:30pm. Once we made our (3+ hour) trip to Milan, we had our final walking… Read More
Day Deici
Milan is a beautiful city. Upon arriving i noticed that it looks close to a modern city as we know of in the USA. There are advertisements and store fronts around every corner. When we got to the duomo I… Read More
Day 9: Venice
Today was Venice. We were up early (of course!) and boarded the bus to Venice. Traffic out of Florence was not good and we arrived very close to the time our train was supposed to arrive. BUT we made it!… Read More
Day 9: By Land and By Sea
Today began with a chilly morning and three and a half hour bus ride to the Venice-Mestre train station, most of which involved me sleeping only waking up every now and then to find the towering mountains of Italy’s countryside… Read More
Day 9 – the one with the gondola ride
An afternoon in Venice Our day started with a three hour bus ride from Florence to Venice. I slept the whole time, which is honestly a blessing (I normally am unable to get a good amount of sleep on any… Read More
Venice post
Day 9: Marco Polo and a Gondola
Marco Polo was rich, Venice floods more than the Mon Warf parking lot, and gondolas are incredible. That’s today in one sentence. We boarded our bus for a hefty trek from Florence to Venice early in the morning before transferring to… Read More