Trains, Planes and Blistered Feet – Part Two
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We finally reached the fabulous Renaissance building we were staying in and was eventually greeted by Marco. Marco was a middle aged, balding, solicitor who seemed to do comedy as a side trick. He jokingly took us through the strict checking in procedure, which was interrupted by a call from AirBnB, asking about the issue with Venice. So, we had our room. It was small, but cosy, and it was a place to crash for the night in the centre of Milan. Off to see the sights!
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator height_2=”20″ height=”20″][vc_single_image image=”76670″ alignment=”center”][vc_separator height_2=”20″ height=”20″][vc_column_text]We were surprised how close to the city centre we were. With in five minutes from the flat, we reached, and I must say, a very impressive sight of Duomo di Milano. For us, the sun was just setting on the day in late October, so the image became a little more striking than normal. As we took in the sight we realised we had the issue of not having a place to stay tomorrow night (due to the flooding of Venice). Marco did say another of his flats (next door) was available for the following night, but we had to book it via AirBnB. So, after the beauty and spectacle of the cathedral we decided to find a place to eat and sort the problem out.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator height_2=”20″ height=”20″][vc_single_image image=”76671″ alignment=”center”][vc_separator height_2=”20″ height=”20″][vc_column_text]We decided to hot foot it through Duomo Galeria (a hive of rich and famous fashion brand stores), and look for a convenient restaurant. Luckily we did, and sat down for a well needed meal. This was frustrated a little by the fact we had to communicate with my wife in Thessaloniki and guide her through the process of finding Marco’s other flat and to have her book it. It was a tough 30 minutes, but we finally got the thing sorted. We were now truly sorted for a 3 day stay in Milan. I explained to Lythia this is how life worked and that we had to work ‘on the fly’ to sort out issues that arose. Fortunately, in hindsight, no other issues arose during the trip and it was all plain sailing from this point. So, we finished our meal and realise we were incredibly exhausted and that our local guide knew very little of the Milan sights. So, we decided to have a quick tour of the main city centre and hit the sights in the morning.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator height_2=”20″ height=”20″][vc_single_image image=”76669″ alignment=”center”][vc_separator height_2=”20″ height=”20″][vc_column_text]
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