With my guidebook gone, and having no success finding a new one, I was a bit lost this morning. I have one guide book for Northern Italy that spends all of six pages on Milan. Of those 6 pages, however, a majority of attractions are closed on Monday -- including the science museum I had planned on going to.
Note to European travelers: most everything is closed on Sundays and half of Mondays. Which is terribly annoying.
Regardless of the closures, I walked the girls down to the location of the Imaginarium -- this very cool toystore we found a small version of in the train station yesterday. Though, not surprising when we got there, the store was closed and wouldn't open until 3pm. So, we sadly returned to the hotel. All in all, it was about a two hour excursion of disappointment. Sad.
Though, happy ending -- we returned there in the afternoon with David, who is finally finished with his conference and wanted to see a little of Milan. And since the toy store happened to be by the Duomo, well.... Anyway, it was a fun afternoon. And our last in Milan.
Overall, Milan grew on me. I was very happy with our hotel (The Westin Palace) and their outstanding service and our large room. The Italians loved the kids and I wasn't made to feel embarrassed by their ... er... behavior. The trams were incredibly fun to use and got us around quickly. Milan didn't feel like a very big city. And with all the charming little renaissance churches and buildings here and there, you didn't need a guide book to tell you where to go. You just needed to look around to realize you were in a fantastically old and historic town. Though, it's completely filthy. And they drive like maniacs.
Tomorrow morning, another early wake up and back "home" to Berlin!
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