Milan, Italy

Today we start out journey homeward bound and sadly farewell the beautiful Puglia regione of Italy. We have loved our time exploring this diverse, interesting and stunning part of Italy and look forward to returning. But for today we are making our way to Milan to spend two nights before flying home.

With an early start and a long eight hour train ride we eventually arrived in Milan to wet and miserable weather. We have been extremely fortunate with the weather for the majority of our trip and thankfully we have visited Milan before so it hasn’t dampened our arrival. I think Italy is crying because we are leaving.

One thing I do have to mention about Milan is how amazing the train station is. It was built in 1931 to replace the old central station which was built in 1864 and is such a stunning building. Each day 330000 people use the train station.

While very impressive it does have a dark history as there was a secret track under the station that was used during the Holocaust in WWII to deport around 1200 Jewish prisoners to extermination camps. While we love the history of these places, many times it is a sad and brutal history. And it is hard to believe such horrors can take place in such beautiful places.

If it wasn’t for the rain I would have spent a lot more time admiring the train station from all angles. And I do love the giant apple sculpture in the piazza in front of the station. You certainly can’t miss it.

After checking into our lovely apartment five minutes from the stunning Duomo Di Milano we ventured back out into the rain to get a very late lunch or very early dinner and thankfully enjoyed another (but almost our last) Italian meal of pizza and pasta at Cucina Nazionale Della Italiana.

After a quick bit of shopping and a very quick photo of the Duomo in the rain we have called it a night with the weather certainly not being conducive to strolling around town. Fingers crossed we have a bit of a break in the weather tomorrow as we have tickets to visit the roof top of the Duomo and we don’t think that will be much fun in the rain.Read more