Saturday, June 26, 2004
One-hour Milan
We had about one hour to spend in Milan before we had to go to the airport. This was barely enough time to walk from the train station to the Duomo and back again. The Duomo is a cavernous cathedral (the world's third largest). I couldn't appreciate it fully, however, because the facade was underneath a web of scaffolding. We spent roughly fifteen minutes before heading back to the station. On the way, we passed La Scala, the famous opera house. This building, too, was under wraps. Still, I had a good impression of Milan. It felt more like Switzerland than Italy — the streets were wide and clean, the street traffic was light, there were a lot of green spaces, and the people were rather diverse (I saw blue-eyed blondes and Asians alike).
Duomo
