Italy
Milan
Day 14.
The fashion capital Milan lives up to its reputation. Everyone seemed dressed with style. The center is dotted with boutiques and streets lined with the world’s top fashion houses - where you can buy a dress for thousands of euros. We walked around admiring the clothes as art.
Day 15.
We walked and metro-hopped our way through as much as we could in one day: the Duomo, Leonardo’s Last Supper, the castle, churches, and museums. We ate pizza, pasta, bruschetta, and drank Pinot Nero to celebrate our time in Italy.
Goodbye Milan, city of style
Your streets are quite grungy
But your people are fine
Some even divine
Dressed in fashions anew
Goodbye Milan
We say adieu
We walked so many a mile
But we’ve seen all your treasures
There’s been no half measures
Goodbye Milan
Our time is at end
Verona
Day 16.
Finally, Homewood-bound, we stopped in Verona. In this ancient city we walked medieval streets, ate fresh figs, and saw the Roman amphitheater - built so many years ago yet still in use today. We passed the Roman gate to the city and, like all good tourists, visited the supposed balcony that inspired Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.