#39 Matt Visits Milan
On Thursday I met Matt at the train station to show him around Milan. Matt is in town because he came with me to Morocco this past weekend and we had an early morning flight. After dropping his stuff off (and my Morocco stuff in his suitcase) at a hostel by the train station, our Milano tour began.
I warned Matt not to get his expectations up because Milan is no match to Rome when it comes to history or things to see and do. The first stop was my school. I returned my backpack to my room and showed him around campus. We actually found a WWI monument on campus that I did not even know was there. We then ate doner kebab sandwich for lunch: sort of a pregame for Morocco.
I then showed Matt the Duomo and the Galleria Vittoria. There was an exhibit in the town square that showed some military vehicles including fighter planes and navy seal equipment. A fun fact is that the average fighter jet costs over $64 million dollars to build (more expensive than fanciest mansions in the world).We then went to the castle Sforcezo and the park around it.
Matt wanted to see the Brera Art Academy. I did not know the specific location, but knew the general area around it. Like many times in Milan, I ended up getting lost and wandered in a random part of the city. I saw a store that sold American sports magazines (SI, Athlon College Hoops Preview, etc.), but they sold the for 12 euro ($18) a piece which was not worth it. After an hour of wandering I found Constantine’s cathedral and the Mexican restaurant Papas and Beer. From these points I knew how to get back and took Matt to the metro station to go back to his hostel. At the metro we split up and I went to bed early for a long day on Friday when I arrived to Morocco.
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