Oh Fashion Week in Milano

Ashley and I had an interesting time in Milan. Our hostel was more like a Motel 6 so it was nice to have our own air conditioned room and a bathroom. The staff didn't speak much English but they helped us when we were in a pinch. Ashley's flight to London was so early that the Metro was closed! Luckily they were able to take her at 5am in a shuttle. They also printed some stuff for us, after a look at Ashley's phone for a translation. "Stampa" means to print and we had been saying no we don't need any stamps haha. Hotel Gala also had a great breakfast buffet!! We didn't do much in Milan due to tiredness and the fact we forgot to wear tights with our dresses. Upon entering the Cathedral the police men pointed to the no entry sign with a mini skirt. Oops! We had remembered sweaters! We decided they were much stricter than some of the guards in Florence who let Ashley in with the same dress. We also were not able to see The Last Supper and this caused us to be bitter about Milan. In the planning stages two months before we had been unable to get a reservation, and hoped that this last minute website would work, but alas we couldn't see DaVinci's masterpiece in Milan. So we walked around a bit and made it to an interesting castle! We also saw elephant sculptures everywhere which was fun! It also was fashion week in Milan so we're pretty sure we saw models. There were giant white tents places, including right next to the Cathedral! There was a news station we passed talking about shows, and a hair and makeup place! There was a line so we are pretty sure that if we had waited we could have had our makeup done by professionals! Apart from the fashion week excitement, Milan wasn't as inviting or pleasant as other big cities we decided. (It could have been the Last Supper bitterness though) One such instance was when a guy trying to get me to buy bird seed for the pigeons in front of the Cathedral, was basically throwing the kernels at me!! Ashley told him to get lost and he proceeded to yell in her face, we managed to pick out the F word and it was not pleasant. We also could not find an internet cafe for our lives! In other cities it is so easy to find things! Basically the city just stressed us out. However the Cathedral is beautiful, and parts of the city are as well and I'm sure if we ever go back we will find it much better than our initial experience.