Milan

On Friday afternoon we took the train to Milan. It's a scenic 4 hour journey and bubs was very well behaved. We arrived at the central station and got a taxi to our hotel, which was a minute's walk from the Duomo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Cathedral Dinner was via room service, and then hubby went out to meet his brother whom we had come to see, and bubs and I stayed and admired the view from the hotel.

The next day, after a tasty champagne breakfast, we headed out to see the Duomo. What's especially neat about this Cathedral is that you not only get a view from the top of it but you get to walk all over its roof! It was a tight squeeze in some places and we had to take the pram up and then abandon it, which seemed a bit silly, but it was definitely worth it.

After the Cathedral we headed to other parts of the city where the design fair was taking place, and took a look at a couple of exhibits. Then it was back to the hotel for a snooze for bubs and gelato for me.
Shopping and dinner followed, dinner was at a Pizzeria place not far from the hotel and the pizza was delicious, a far cry from our first pizza experience in Italy last year! Limoncellos were had back at the hotel and then the boys continued their night out, while bubs and I headed for bed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoncello

The next day allowed for another champagne breakfast, a look at the inside of the Duomo (it was Palm Sunday), and some more shopping, followed by one last gelato and then lunch, before heading off on the train again. Bubs was not quite so well behaved on the way back, and I can only imagine it was his disgust at having to leave such a lovely place.