Milan
Look, I ain’t into high fashion so Milan never held a heap of appeal to me. However, cheap flights do appeal to me, so I was in!
The only thing we really did in Milan was check out the cathedral. I remember reading somewhere that the cathedral has like 10,000 styles of architecture and is considered ugly, but I thought it ruled. It was very unlike anything I’ve seen, and I do believe I’ve seen quite a few cathedrals.
We also saw a Bollywood movie being filmed outside the cathedral, with probably 20 people dressed exactly alike dancing around this white-linen-clad dude. They stopped and restarted this 30-second part of a song probably 25 times and filmed and filmed and filmed. It was fun to watch, but since it was super hot I didn’t envy the dancers.
Since we were only in Milan for a day, we really didn’t do much except the cathedral and later roamed around the super high end ritzy shopping area Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. There’s some weird tradition about stepping on a bull (we’ll leave it at that) which is mosaiced onto the floor, and if you scoot around on your heel on the indentation (it’s worn down from approximately 1,678,456 people doing it every second) you’ll have good luck. Seeing how my last name means bad luck, I’ll take all I can get.
Lastly, my favorite thing was going back to the cathedral area at night. Caitlin was all tuckered out and my train ticket was still valid, so I headed back. I absolutely LOVE the Trevi Fountain at night, and although Milan Cathedral is certainly not THAT amazing, it’s still beautiful at night. There were a bunch of people out late at night, which was fun, like it was still midday. The cathedral, combined with a bright moon and super clear sky, was just a fun experience. Although Milan isn’t at the top of my “go back asap” list, it was still fun, and I wouldn’t mind dropping by again someday.
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Since this trip was 5 years ago, I truly have no idea what you should actually take. But here’s a few of our always-take-on-trips stuff:
Hotels.com gift card: Every now and then you can get $50 for $40 on Amazon, which we always do when the deal comes up. We know we’ll use it.
My Bag: As I said above, we travel LIGHT. This bag is not incredibly nice, but it has a lifetime warranty and it can cinch down to unbelievably small sizes. It’s made it through heaps of countries with no problems yet.
Space Saver Bags: These have proved invaluable on our travels. It’s amazing how small clothing can shrink down to in one of these! Highly recommended.
International Outlet Plugs: Of course, when traveling overseas you need a plug adapter. We’ve had these exact ones for at least 5 years. We’ve taken them to 4 continents and they’re still going strong. And, they’re super cheap and have everything you need all in one, so you don’t have to bring a bunch of different parts. Highly recommended.
Double Wall Plug USB Charger: Probably not essential but with so many things needing charged (both phones, camera, laptop, etc), it’s nice to charge 2 at once. And they charge super fast. We use at home and abroad.
Aux Cable: You probably already have a million of these. Our car had a USB that connected directly to the music, so we could charge our phones and blast tunes at the same time. The longer cable is nice so if someone is in the backseat they can still charge and control the music or navigate or browse Instagram or whatever).
MacBook Air: Since we had to travel so light, it was nice to have a tiny but powerful computer. I ran the business from the road with no problems.
