Italy Day Thirteen: Milan (the last day)

We spent our last day in Italy exploring Milan and began by going to the Milan Cathedral as a group. By this point in the trip we had seen many cathedrals (unfortunately almost to the point where we were starting to get used to their beauty). The cathedral in Milan, however, in addition having being magnificently Gothic in style, was unique in that we were able to take an elevator up and walk around on its roof.

One of my friends said the top of the cathedral made him think of Disney's Beauty and the Beast and the scene in which the Beast and Gaston are fighting :)

On top of the roof we had a splendid view of the surrounding city as well as of the magnificence of the cathedral. After seeing so many cathedrals, this one definitely stuck out to me, and it was definitely one of my favorites on the trip! 


After going into the cathedral, we had free time for the rest of the day, and I went with a group to go exploring. As I said in my last post, much of Milan seemed to have a very modern feel. We did, however, discover a wonderful historic site where we spend much of our afternoon looking around. We found the medieval Sforza Castle, which was originally built in 1360 but had to be rebuilt in 1450 when Francesco Sforza was duke of Milan. Now the castle houses a number of museums that display art and historical artifacts. We were able to look around a few of the museums, which we were excited to find out had free admission because we were under the age of twenty-five. 

Our last day ended with a farewell dinner at the wonderful Ristorante Torriani 25 where we enjoyed a feast of amazing food 


And so our trip ended although we still had the complicated process of getting home... let's just say it involved leaving our hotel at 5 am, finding out our flight was cancelled, not knowing what we were going to do, and having our group get split up on two different flights. But in the end we all made it back safely, and now we're left with ever so many memories.