The scenic train ride through the Alps from Lucerne to Milan elicited never-ending ghasps and pointing and appreciation.
Frustratingly, we kept on trying to take photos of the scenery but the refelctions and triple glass of the train thwarted our best efforts. It was still an awesome ride.
We had to change trains in Lugano, and a short while later showed up in Milan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan
If you ever show up for the first time in your life to Milan, start at the main train station. An impressive building of rare magnificence.
“They told me that when Frank Lloyd Wright came to Milan, and he came only once, he was really impressed by it and said it was the most beautiful station in the world. For me it is also more beautiful than Grand Central Station in New York. I know few stations like this one”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milano_Centrale_railway_station
A short subway ride later we ascended into the heart of Milan in front of the Duomo. Wow. Just wow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Cathedral
First stop was finding our hotel right next to the Duomo and leaving our luggage to go explore.
It is hard to relate the sheer number of people at the Christmas markets around the Duomo, the breathtakingly massive ‘shopping center’ Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle II, and all the high-end shops on the last Friday before Christmas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_II
We braved it all with wide-eyed excitement.
I snuggled them so hard!
The cleaned marble is the most wonderful hues of pink and white.
