Arrivederci Siena! We woke early as we had a taxi scheduled to take us to the train at 7:45am. It was a quick ride to the station for our first train of the day. It was a bit of a challenge to load all of our belongings onto the train but thankfully Amanda is strong and the train was not crowded. This first leg took us to the SMN Firenze where we had 5 minutes to make the 10am train to Milan. We made it and found our reserved seats. Whew! We arrived in Milan at 11:45am and a taxi took us to our hotel. Amanda had booked Hotel Santa Marta Suites, we were greeted royally with a caffe and such pleasant people who upgraded us to a beautiful suite. It was lovely and so well appointed with everything to make one feel comfortable. We relaxed for a little while and gave Joseph a nice warm bath in the sink, we dressed him and he stretched out on the bed.
We had a sandwich in an outdoor cafe. We then set out to explore Milan, the hotel was situated close to the Duome which was magnificent. An enormous drippy castle set in the middle of Piazza Duomo. The inside is huge and dark and chilly but probably the most decorated structure I have ever seen. Truly amazing.
From there we walked to La Scala and looked at the opera schedule for the year. From there we walked a few blocks and found the best gellati imaginable. It was served in a small cone with melted chocolate in the bottom of the cone, then you got two scoops of the best tasting gellati. There tag line was "Noi facciamo davanti tutti" Simply delicious!!
We walked into a department store and contemplated getting all the children a few outfits from Gucci or Dolce and Gabbana or maybe some Versace but decided that our luggage was too full. Mama Mia...
It was time to rest a little so we walked back to the hotel and again were offered a caffe. It was simply wonderful to have a little luxury.
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