Milan

We met some new biking friends on our last day in Venice, Gabriel and Amalie from Canada, and Werner and Gertrude from Germany. On the last night we were discussing future plans over a glass of Gabriel's magnificent grappa, when a huge clap of thunder erupted,and we scurried off to our respective tents. It rained all night, and we had to get up and shift the tent out of a puddle. I don't know how, perhaps the grappa, but I managed a reasonable night's sleep in a wet sleeping bag.
Before the rain started, Gabriel had said that they had ridden from Genova to Sestri without trouble, then from there taken their bikes on the boat, little expense, to La Spezia, seeing Cinque Terra on the way, so we thought we'd do the same.
So, with the usual amount of train difficulty, we went from Mestre to Milan, where we were to catch another train to Genoa, but on the way, I realized that we would probably never be in Milan again, there was a camping area here, so why not stay? Well, we didn't make the camping area that tough day and had to resort to our most expensive hotel (€130) yet, but here we are in this big bustling city, with some pictures to show...
The first and second are the outside and inside of the Castille di Sforzesco, the others the outside and inside of the Duomo.