Milan Day 2 - Duomo!

This city radiates out from the Duomo, the 4th largest cathedral in the world, so we had to see that first.

We had to take the metro here (ATM, it's called) and I found it very easy to use -- it's exactly 3 lines, so it doesn't take a genius to figure out which of three trains to take.

Duomo Milano

The Duomo is really magnificent. It's white and shines like a bright toy in the middle of a busy square. It's very pointy and just amazingly detailed. We got inside with the stroller, which is forbidden according to the posted rules. But there was a nice, armed guard and he winked at me and the kids.

The Duomo girls

The inside is grand but a little gloomy. The stained-glass windows don't allow much light in. But the floor is patterned marble and the circling is incredibly high above us. Leah was incredibly curious and talkative. She loved the offering candles, that she described as a birthday cake. And was impressed by some of the status. She balanced on some of the kneelers and sat down on one, because it was just her size. She also though the platform where a parishioner would place their folded hands in prayer was for food. Ah, the joys of traveling with a preschooler!

Alice was bored, half a sleep in the stroller.

I had read that the Duomo was finished (hundreds of years after it was started) so Napoleon could crown himself King of Italy here. So, when Leah ordered me to sit and look around, I basked in the thought of being here that day, of seeing little Napoleon crowned in this very room. If walls could talk....

We spent the afternoon, not surprisingly, in the park. The weather was overcast, but warm. Low 70s. The events in order: Carousal, gelatto ice cream cones, swings, slides, then one more ride in the carousal before heading home.