Greece (almost), Milan (actually)

The first weekend in November, the plan was to travel to Thessaloniki, Greece with two of my friends. Unfortunately, one of my friends overslept and then the other friend who made it to the airport with me forgot his passport so I decided I didn't want to go to Greece all by myself so we took the bus back to the train station. Since we were already packed to go somewhere, we decided to take a train somewhere within Italy. There was a night train to Milan that was relatively inexpensive we hung out in a Rome until that night around midnight when we took a train to Milan that arrived at 6am. 

It's said that people from Rome hate the city and the people from Milan and vice versa. I can now see why. The two cities are very different. Rome is a big city disguised as an ancient one so sometimes you forget how big the city actually is. Milan is actually a big city. It is very industrial looking with big buildings everywhere and actual paved streets and other modern attributes that I've forgotten exist after living in Rome for all this time. Unfortunately, it rained the entire time we were there and we weren't prepared for rain since it was supposed to be sunny in Greece all weekend... 

We visited the Duomo which the the famous cathedral in Milan. It was nice to get a break from the rain so we hung out in there for a while. Next we walked to the church where The Last Supper is on display. The tickets were sold out until 2012 though, so we didn't get to go inside and see it. We walked through the park and saw the Arch of Peace. The next day we saw da Vinci's horse (designed by da Vinci, constructed by America and given as a gift to Milan). Then we went to an art gallery that had works by Caravaggio and Titian and others. All in all, the best part of the trip was that we stayed in a 4 star hotel with a breakfast buffet included for only 50 euro! Off season travel is the best.