Spent the past weekend in Milan, Italy...It was awesome! The main attraction was definitely the food...pastries and cappucino for breakfast...pizzas for lunch and dinner, gelato in between...we were so busy eating pizza, we didnt have time to try any pastas! Besides that, Milan is the fashion capital of the world. Dolce & Gabana, Prada, Chanel were all around. We weren't allowed in, but you know. it was there. It is also the home of Leonardo da Vinci...The Last Supper is there, but you have to book months in advance, so we didnt see that. We did see his painting San Giovanni Battista which is on loan from the Louvre. There were some canals and shops, a riverboat playing Italian music, people with accordians, pigeons, old churches, mopeds, all things Italian that you typically think of.
The best part was definitely the Duomo...the large central cathedral of milan, and the biggest gothic cathedral ( i think...or maybe the biggest in italy). The inside was beautiful...but the main attraction is that they let you walk on the roof! So cool! You're walking around between the spires and looking down on the central square and up at the golden Madonna on the tallest spire. It was amazing!
by the way...ive been meaning to mention this for awhile now...the song "chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." actually has meaaning. In europe, chestnuts roast on an open fire on every street corner, and have been since november, and people sell them! i havent tasted any yet..but they smell good.
last week of work for awhile! the spanish take their holiday-ing seriously, and dont want me around until january 11...
Thursday i'm off to Germany to visit our German friend (we met her in Madrid, she was doing a translation internship--she's amazing, speaks German, Spanish and English fluently) . its going to be cold, wish me luck!
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