Magnificent Milan

The Duomo
On the roof-top of the Duomo.
Shannon and the front of the Duomo.
Ready for the Opera.
We had Box Seats!

I've found my favorite city in Italy - Milan! Gorgeous! I wanted to upload more pictures but they wouldn't fit. The outside of the Duomo is number one on my list of churches in Europe. You can even walk on the roof of the Duomo! People take their lunch up there and eat. Our hotel was right around the corner so every time we would go by we would stare for a few seconds.

Here our a few of my highlights of Milan-

The Teatro Alla Scala : We went to opening night of the Opera, Salome. It was wonderful. We got all dressed up and had our hair and make-up done (that's another long story) and ventured out to the theater. We knew we had box seats and were hoping it was like we pictured. It was so much better than we pictured. We walked up to the 3rd level of the building and the lady opened our box with a key and we had the first two seats. The opera was excellent! Even though it was in Italian, we think, our box had small screens that translated it to English for us. We had so much fun that day it's embedded in my memory forever!

The Last Supper Painting: I always wondered why it is not in the Louve or someplace more famous than the little church that it is in - well, that's because it is painted on the wall of the church. It's deteriorating fast, so if you ever have the chance to see it you should. You have to get your tickets two months in advance b/c they are sold out that far ahead. It was a great painting to look view!

Shopping: WOW! Everyone in Milan is dressed to the nines and every major European designer was there. We enjoyed browsing through everything.

Italian Food: Who could pass up a hand-made pizza for dinner and fresh fruit with gelato every night for dinner. Again , it's a good thing we walked everywhere.

Milan has so much more to offer that we didn't even get to b/c we were so preoccupied with the above. I can't wait to go back and show Scott!