I didn’t think I could love another city in Italy as much as I loved Florence, but I definitely loved Milan. It was so different from the other cities we visited, perhaps because a majority of the city is more contemporary and new as compared to the buildings that have been around since ancient and Renaissance times. The cathedral was so different from the others we had seen. Its architecture definitely stood out: instead of columns and domes, it utilized several spires. The stained glass windows on the inside are what stood out to me though. /they were so beautiful, colorful, and different from anything we had seen at the other churches. Milan also had the most attractive people of all the cities we visited, of course it is the fashion capital of the world and it’s flooded with supermodels. I actually saw a male model and a photographer taking pictures in the street on our last day there before Miranda broke her shoe and we had to go back to the hotel. We ventured out later (after Miranda had changed shoes) to find a tattoo parlor so I could get a tattoo. Eventually we found on that was still open. None of us could speak Italian enough to communicate what I wanted and only one of the artists spoke English. Fortunately, we were able to figure everything out and within a half an hour, I had a tattoo on my foot that reads, “La dolce vita.” Getting a tattoo in Milan was kind of a fun experience because it happened pretty spontaneously and now I have a lasting reminder of this trip.

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