Ffffashion, stststyle, Milan

We finished off this trip with a couple of nights in fashion hub Milan. We had even bought with us less scruffy clothes (not that we are normally scruffy, as I know from past experiences getting over borders is much easier if you don't look like you have walked in from the desert, but we did do some ironing before we packed) knowing that we were going to be in Milan.





Milan central railway station is staggering, we didn't realise just how epic it is until our second viewing, it looks like the architect had delusions they were designing a new cathedral.

Everything that we had read about Milan said that it is more of a hidden beauty compared to more obvious tourist hotspots such as Venice or Rome, this is exactly how we found it. There are some beautiful aspects such as some of the parks and the awesome presence of the Duomo.






So big that you can't even photograph it!

If you are into churches then Milan will keep you busy for weeks, there is almost one on every street and most of them impressive.







We enjoyed wandering the less crowded streets (take good shoes as you can end up walking miles) and even hopped on the trams like the locals. It was really nice to see the working side of Italy getting on with everyday life, working, meeting for coffee and shopping. We started to find other sides to Milan such as public art works, pop-up shops, and hints at the other religion, football.













We did indulge in a little shopping, it was hard not to with so many shops around, but a couple of jumpers isn't really high fashion, sorry, although we did wander through a few of the more exclusive arcades.



We spent our last hour enjoying the very good value aquarium, small but well looked after and only €5.







Milan won't go on our list as a must visit destination but if your train stops there it is a nice place to spend a couple of days seeing another side of Italy.