Blogs from Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe - page 43

Hi there! We are class 1D from a Scuola Media(junior secondary school) in Gallarate,a small industrial town in Northern Italy.Gallarate is not particularly interesting but we have some nice places nearby,like Lake Maggiore and its isles.As you know Italy is a beautiful country in the shape of a boot ! There are wonderful cities and places full of art, mountains,seaside resorts and a v ariety of delicious and tasty dishes (you probably know pizza, pasta and tiramisù). Here you can visit Rome, Florence,Milan(near us),Venice(superb!),Naples and Palermo.You can go skiing on the Alps and swimming into blue seas.Spring and summer are two special seasons for coming here.So plan your next holiday in Italy and enjoy yourselves! We send you some photos of our country and of our school ,too. We'll write you again soon.Bye bye! ... read more

Ive just spent 2 weeks in Milan learning Italian - and what an experience! I lived with a family - a women and her 2 children (a girl aged 18 and a guy aged 25. They were really nice. Luckily the mother and daughter spoke English. I love the Italians but some of the ways they do things just confuse me. I hope I dont offend anyone with the following stories (just know that I'm telling it as I saw it and I get that not every Italian is the same). First the language since that was the main reason I was there. I was told that the gramma was going to be really hard. But to me if you know the words then saying them in the right order isn't 100% necessary. I think probably ... read more

Unfortunatly Milan turned out to be one of our least favorite places to stay. Beyond the hostle that I mentioned in the last entry the sites in the city were all too far apart and required us to travel on one of the worst Metros that we have traveled on so far. It was way too crowded well beyond rush hour and it smelled pretty bad. The few places that we traveled to were not that interesting. The most interesting part of this city was trying to find the sites. We started the day visiting the Duomo (cathedral) in Milan which was pretty, but most of the building was covered with scaffalding for cleaning. The stained glass windows were probably the best part of this disapointing visit. We paid for an audio guide of the church, ... read more

This morning, we had planned to take the Venice Aquabus to its furthest destinations, the islands of Burano and Tronchetto. Burano is supposedly like a smaller Murano, and Tronchetto is the first island settled in the area and full of history. Unfortuantely, it was very foggy this morning, so we decided to move inland to Milan. Milan is only about 90 minutes from Venice and is on the way to Lake Como, so we decided to stop in to see the Duomo Cathedral and have some lunch. Little did we know, driving into and around this massive city is no easy task! It was like Udine times one hundred. Once we finally parked the car (1.5 hours after exiting the freeway) and walked out onto Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, we were able to breathe a sigh ... read more

This was my least favorite city -- note the lack of interesting pictures...the best part of the whole trip was the transvestite palm reader name Ashleigh that Juliana and I ran into walking out of one of the museums....he or she should i say, told me when I was going to get married, when I was going to die, and numerous other minor details hehe -- it was an interesting experience to say the least...... read more