I took the long way to Cornell and went to Milan first. I had a meeting on Friday here. I stayed over today (Saturday) so I could see some of the city before heading back to cheer on Kyla in the first game of nationals on Monday. I'll let you know what happens there.
A guy I was with said that everything is better in Italy than elsewhere, but that compared to Milan, every place in Italy was better than it. It's a flat rather nondescript choice of location and at least used to be a big industrial center. I don't think I've ever seen a city as tagged with grafitti as this one. It has a nice subway which I took a few times. Today I saw the Duomo, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, La Scala opera house, Sforzesco castle, the DaVinci national museum of science and technology, and a few other churches and squares. The castle was cool. I thought the museum was about DaVinci, but unfortunately, it was just named after him. It was overrun by schoolchildren. I had a cup of coffee in the Galleria that cost 6 Euros (that would be about $7.20). Take that Starbucks. While there is no shortage of MacDonald's here, both Starbucks and Pizza Hut seem to be forbidden.
Leaving tomorrow, going through Frankfurt, then Dulles, then Syracuse. Should be fun.
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