Sunday, February 6, 2011

Milano

Yesterday was our second visit to Milano and this trip was a lot smoother since we had prior experience with the transportation system earlier in the week. After getting off of the metro and ignoring the people from Africa that were giving away their "free" bracelets, we made our way to the opposite side of the plaza away from the Duomo to look what else was around the area.  After walking and looking at a lot of well known Italian stores we made our way to Sforza castle. The castle was "built in the late 1300's as a military fortress, which guarded the gate to the city wall and defended Milan from enemies "within and without." In the castle we saw parts of the original castle and walked around a museum which had amazing painted ceilings and Michelanglo's Pieta. Michelanglo died while working on the Pieta which by definition is a "representation of a dead Christ with a sorrowful Virgin Mary." After touring around the museum we ate lunch and headed back to Castellanza for our first Erasmus (International Student Network) dinner at a local restaurant where we had a really fun time getting to know everyone from all over the world.

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