The Magic of Milan

 

Living the Italian Dream...

Starting off strong with Milan, how would I describe Milan? Underrated. I visited mid-September time and was blessed with nice weather for the most time, good company, amazing food... and (a considerable amount) of Limoncello. When in Italy. After a flight delay, and a bus breaking down we spent the first night eating a traditional Margherita pizza in bed, getting ready for the day ahead of us. 

Our first full day in the fashion capital of the world... what do we do? We find shops! Now the layout of the shops themselves were beautiful, from the architecture of the buildings, to the clothing and jewellery that lay inside. After treating myself to a peek in Vivienne Westwood, we strolled along to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. One of the most beautiful shopping malls I had ever seen, we walked into Prada (scared I was going to have a Pretty Woman moment) but the staff were so lovely. The Galleria was truly breath taking... TikTok sound incoming... can I just live here? 

After all out shopping shenanigans, we found the infamous Aperol Spritz Terrace that overlooks an extraordinary view of the Duomo (one of the most remarkable buildings I have ever laid eyes on). The Terrace was lovely, I wish I could tolerate Aperol, but I just find it overpowering, if you do actually enjoy Aperol you're most definitely lying or a criminal in my eyes. Anyways we still ordered some tasty cocktails, which were accompanied by complimentary mini tapas which was a lovely finishing touch. 

Moving on.... after walking through Parc Sempione and stretching our legs, we decided to reveal our inner dark side and visit the Church of St. Bernardino. A really spooky but interesting find, there is a beautiful room that is free to visit that is decorated with human skulls and bones dated from 1210 onwards, (talk about being fully exposed). The bodies were placed in this church due to a close-by cemetery running out of space.

Here is a photo dump of pasta (can't forget the wine that is accompanying), exquisite springs to mind.

The following day we decided to visit the Prada museum (no its not clothing, its really weird rooms), I personally can't even describe this museum apart from it being wild, the mushroom room was by far my favourite. Here is a sneak peak, it is definitely worth the trip!

Lastly, we visited Bar Luce, a Wes Anderson themed café right beside the Fondazione Prada museum. It had such a vibrant atmosphere and had really interesting décor. We ordered this chocolate raspberry cake, after all the carbs I had inhaled on this holiday, this cake made me feel like the cake boy in the film Matilda, subway (or a crane) back to the hotel please!

On my next blog I will discuss the visit to the Spa Terme Milano. Yes, yes I know, I did visit Lake Como too... the blog post is in the making.. till next time!