Milan...Darling

Long day today. We overshot our jetlag compensation and couldn't sleep past 5. That's ok, we got up and took an early morning walking tour towards the Duomo. It was fun to see the city waking up on a saturday morning. Milan is a juxtiposition of old and new - of sacred and profane.
After walking past the opera theater (and this statue of DaVinci we went through the Galleria; a big covered mall with Gucci, Prada, and other names you'd recognise (including McDonalds!) To the Duomo. Amazing in scope and grandure and details. We also saw the old Duomo; St. Ambrogio, the technology museum, the ENORMOUS castle Sforzescon and the Palazzo di Brera art museum and art preservation school before taking the metro back to the hotel.
The transportation system here seems to work very efficiently. They have a good metro (subway) for getting from one part of the city to another, a surface light-rail system that is more extensive as well as busses. All of these are used extensively. The busses send their information ahead to the bus stops indicating where they are going and when they will arrive! Very cool.
So much more to say, the food is amazing! But I'll save it for later.
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