To The French Riveria Via Milan 3-27-2009 March 27th 2009 Day 16 - Friday
We ended day 15 in Venice with a group dinner. Today, we head off to Nice via Milan. The day was long, but thank goodness for Milan. So what if it is only a two hour stop. As Dr. Meyer would say "better 2 hours than no stop at all".
Luggi parked the green machine in front of the Milan castle. We have two hours to explore the city. We walked as a group to the Galleria ... read more
Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more
I am a "life long learner" with my day job as the Risk and Insurance Manager for an Energy Company in Des Moines, Iowa. When I'm not at work, I'm off traveling, near and far. I would like to share my travel adventures with my family, friends and anyone reading my travel blog. I hope to paint a vivid picture of what I'm seeing and doing during the March 2010 travel trip to Europe.
So where will we be headed this year? With Dr. C. Ken Meyer, Drake University, we will be on the run covering 9 cities in 19 days: Copenhagen, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Rothenburg, Geneva, Paris, Normandy, D... full info