Friday, May 2, 2008

Milan: Part I - Duomo

The whole point of leaving beautiful New Zealand to come to the UK is to travel around Europe as much as possible. Therefore we went to Milan the weekend before I started my new job.

Milan is an obvious choice of destination for all fashion/brand
conscious people. However, for the fashion conscious who do not want to spend €500 for a Nutella Cube bag*, like myself, there is much to see as well. (*Scroll down for a photo of the bag.)

Our first stop was the Duomo. One of the most beautiful cathedrals in the world, the details on the outside are unbelievable! We spent the day and night walking around it to see its beauty from all angles we could get access to.

In the morning, tourist rush hour.

Afternoon tea at the cafe on the top floor of a department store right next to the Duomo.

From the top of the Duomo. We took the stairs, but an elevator is available, so there is no excuse not to get up there. It is so worth it.

The Duomo looks equally breathtaking at night.

The Duomo is a "functional" Catholic church, meaning there is Sunday mass while the tourists are walking around the church, which is a bit strange.

Almost 400 photos were taken
in the two days, mostly of the Duomo. The rest are the beautiful food and drinks that we had, and some funny ones as usual. Stay tuned for "Milan: Part II - Latte"

Sweet?!

Nutella bag. Look at it, who wouldn't want one, eh?!?! =P

2 comments:

Jenke said...

O for Owesome

Unknown said...

i did actually went to 1/2 mass there... and, according to a tourist guide , it's sad to know that most catholic attending mass there are actually tourist or oldies.. coz the catholic population r diminishing there.