Travelogue : Milano, Italy

Last friday I had to go to Polytechnico Milano for a project Seminar. This was the first time for me to visit Milano. After the talk, me and my colleague could visit the city, but that particular day was not optimum for visiting any place. The temperature was soaring, the sun was scorching hot. All one could do is be at a lake or beside a fountain sipping some drink.

We spent some time at the Duomo in the center of the city. The Duomo is one of the largest Catholic Cathedrals of Europe. But unfortunately the frontal view was draped in banners as the musical group Sting were scheduled to give a performance that evening at the city square. I took some snaps around the place. I was impressed by the glass cieling work of the neighbouring promenade. We went around some of the shopping malls. There were tourists everywhere. The fashion capital of Europe, Milan attracts shoppers from worldwide. The home city of D&G, Prada and Giorgio Armani does a buisness of 7 million euros on a daily basis through shopping alone. We also saw the huge store of La Regnisance which is in the vicinity of the Duomo. Tired and beaten by the sun, we could not venture out much into the city and took the earliest train back home.

I have uploaded some of my snaps here

http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=551628689&security=bvXrMt

if interested you could read some more history of the duomo here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duomo_di_Milano