Milan

Location Description

58 photos

Hostel room - bed, desk, window
Sink and bidet in the corner of my hostel room.
Doorway, wardrobe, and bathroom area. All in all, a...
Just down the road -- a taste of home! Wait a second,...
Vittorio Emanuele ... basically, a big road that is...
The Duomo. It was so wide and tall, and the ground...
A fountain in front of Castello Sforzesco.
More of the fountain, with the castle in the background.
Self-photo #1! There are a lot of these to come... Can...
Desktop background...
It was rather hot in Milan... I was very tempted to...
Self-portrait Tuesday AM, after 13 hours of sleep. I...
One of the best parts within the Duomo -- the floor.
In case that web address is too small to read, www.jesus1.it
The main aisle in the Duomo, with the main stained glass...
One beam of light was streaming through one of the...
Looking up the front facade of the Duomo.
Looking to the right of the front of the Duomo. That...
First view from the roof of the Duomo. I lazy-ed out...
Looking through some of the flying butresses above the roof.
Oh, don't mind this... it's just a giant steel brace...
"Don't worry, boss, we sponge-painted it. No one with...
Looking up towards the main spire of the Duomo.
"Oh, no! I appear to have lost me leg!"
I tried to get that arty photo through the flying...
That mall was literally next door to the plaza in front...
Evidence of repairs? Some of these spires look like...
Looking down into the plaza in front of the Duomo. ...
As high up as we tourists were allowed. The profile of...
The rest of the city really looked just like a normal...
Self-photo!
More views through buttresses.
I might like this one the best, although the left side...
Okay, one more.
The Duomo, from the entrance to the mall-street.
A bull, made of tile, in the floor at the center of the...
A lady taking her spin, getting her good luck.
One of the neatest knife-holders I have ever seen.
Morbid, yes, but neat, too.
La Scala Opera House. Looks pretty nondescript from the front.
An example of some great bling on a personal bicycle. ...
The glass dome in the center of the mall.
Now, remember how I mentioned the historic hippodrome? ...
I'd never seen trotting races before. Rather than the...
Like this, except with all the horses lined up. They...
To the left, the stadium. To the right, the horse racing place.
Seriously, it was weird how many McDonald's existed, all...
I spent Tuesday evening on the naviglio -- the navigable...
More of the naviglio.
The grosser part of the naviglio -- near a lock or dam...
My tasty dessert Tuesday night. Sadly, it was the best...
Light pollution fail.
One of my favorite pictograms from the trip (I took...
Mmmm, stracciatella.
Parking rules were pretty lax in Milan. There were the...
Self-portrait in the Milan train station (Stazioni di...
Many European train stations seem to look similar, and...
In the main terminal area, changes had been made to...