My first memories of Milan are not actually from Milan, they are from Turin. One of the biggest rivalries in soccer, or sport for that matter, is AC Milan and Juventus. There was some graffitti in Turin (home of Juventus) that said Milano Merda, which means Milan is sh!te. That is a good introduction into Italy, where football is a close second for the national religion (with corruption being a close third). People in Milan were quite friendly, very enthusiastic in almost everything they do. When we asked the guy at the front desk about a restaurant, his eyes were open as wide as they could be and it seemed like every word was the most important thing he had ever heard.
He didnt tell us about a restaurant, he actually went outside and showed where it was. When we got to the restaurant, we were met as though we were old friends not seen for a long time and given a free drink. Now, this is from people who's job it is to be friendly, but this was the norm in Milan.
We spent two days in Milan, walking around the old part of the city. Naturally, this being Italy, it had marvellous architecture in many different styles and it seemed every building had a story to tell.
Although the weather wasnt great and we were really tired from 4 months of being on the road, we enjoyed our time in Milan and it is one of those places that we must go back to, because, as with many places in Italy, you just cant see all of it in a short time. Where else can you see cars parked inside a medieval castle?
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