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there are 293 photographs for day one. day two.
I sit on a stool. I draw and drink coke.
yeah, ok. delightful.
architecture is my life.
here for chronological posts of the big things :: Amsterdam and Rotterdam : MILAN : Aachen 2 and Maastricht : Münster : Liechtenstein and Switzerland : Aachen 1
from Milan surprise flight
other people
on my trip I luckily got to meet four Australian guys and two girls from the Netherlands (= my roommates in the hotel). I really enjoyed hanging out with both groups because it was some of the only interacting I did the whole weekend. most of the people I talked to (even the people working at the restaurants in tourist-y areas) did not seem to speak any English at all.
it was so cool to talk to some young people from other countries. they are just like us! they go to school, they hate bubbly mineral water, they like to drink and have fun and just hang out. they were just as curious about things in the United States as I am about everywhere else in the world. one of the Australian guys I had dinner with even said that if he could go anywhere in the whole world that he would choose the US. again, another unexpected surge of patriotism. I was touched.
end of the day
I had originally planned to keep walking and take the metro back to the central train station to catch my flight but in the end I decided to walk back to the station so that I could see the Milan that was north of the city central. it was neat to see a newer version of Milan and some of the high rise buildings too.
there are divets into the ground all over the sidewalks from where all the Vespas park. I thought they were just darling.
I am pretty sure these little fountains with delicious cool water saved my life a couple of times.
up up and up!
Duomo day two
in addition to continuing to walk around the city, I decided to go back to the Duomo and pay the 6e to go onto the roof. I saw a photograph online of people literally on the gabled roof and decided that I needed to do this. plus the view was spectacular. the two foot wide tiny spiral stair up and up and endlessly up was quite suffocating and I almost thought I wouldn’t be able to make it. when I got out of the tower I was gasping for breath. the view was certainly worth the effort. it was absolutely incredible. I stayed up on the roof for quite some time just trying to imagine how this cathedral could even exist. sitting on the top of it and seeing the individually cut stones up close made it incredibly real. in the end, I could not fathom it. I think my brain might think it still isn’t possible for it to exist.
