Milan

Over the past two days, July 13 and 14, I have traveled around the Italian city of Milan. The first day was rather overcast and rained during the morning hours but the second day was sunny and beautiful. The first stop in the city was Duomo Square which houses the largest of the many cathedrals in Milan.

Tourists are also allowed to climb to the roof and navigate their way through the spires to get a great view of the rest of the city.

After spending a number of hours around the square, I explored numerous other areas of the city including the Scala Opera House, the Brera Art Museum and the Galleria pictured below.

As sunset neared, I returned to the Duomo Square to capture some night shots. The sunset was very pretty over the Duomo but unfortunately the pictures did not give it justice. However the nights shots more than made up for it.

The next day was spent traveling the west side of Milan that I did not get a chance to see the previous day. That included San Lorenzo's Basilica, the Sforzesco Castle and the Navigli Canals as shown below.

Tomorrow I have an early train (6:55am ugghhh) to Venice. The Festival of Redentore takes place on Saturday and Sunday so there will be another post (with lots of pictures) following that.