Shopping!

Andy deserves a well earned drink from all that shopping!

We both like doing this a bit and as it was Andy's birthday, we did a lot of it! Milan is great for shopping, clothes and shoes is what we were looking for.

If you've got a particularly large purse or wallet then the designer shopping centre, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is the place to go. If you're wallet or purse isn't particularly large, then it is still worth a visit. Window shopping at Prada, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, etc... and the centre itself is beautiful. The architect for the building was Giuseppe Mengoni who unfortunately fell off some scaffolding and died in 1878, a few months before it was completed.

Not far from the famous Duomo is a shopping area called Quadrilatero d'Oro, here you will find little boutiques to large shops and departments stores, as well as a huge amount of Jewellery shops.

For the longest shopping street in Italy, go to Corso Buenos Aires, open til late as well!

While shopping, we did take in some sights as well. Who cannot miss the very imposing and impressive Duomo! There is an entrance fee for the treasury, baptistery and roof, but the Cathedral is free. This is one of the largest churches in Europe, it boasts 3000 statues, 135 spires and 96 gargoyles. Its a very beautiful building and is well worth a visit.

We did this part of the trip over two days, as there is so much to see.