Milan, Italy Trip Sectionof Year 2000 TripTravel and Tourism, Vacation Guide
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| Once I had purchased a Eurail train pass, it was necessary to get my money's worth. I therefore added a quick trip to Italy on to my itinerary. I had hoped to travel through Switzerland but the French railways made a sneaky detour to the south so that is one country that I still have not visited. |
This is a view from the train window as we traversed the
southern Alps. I have attempted a number of photos in this trip from train and
bus windows. These pictures have been largely unsuccessful due to high speeds
and dirty windows. This one turned out okay |
I only spent one night in Milan. I got a cheap but nice
room across from the station and headed to the centre of the city. Besides
having the densest concentration of city centre McDonald's restaurants that I
have seen, Milan also had a magnificent cathedral -- the Duomo. It is
interesting that the churches in the south tend to be lighter and more fanciful
on the outside and darker and more gloomy than the north European variety. 
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| I had a decent, but not great, Italian dinner, slept
well and then headed across southern France. As usual, my First Class Eurail
pass was only good for Second Class due to crowded conditions. I spent the night in Montpellier. No particularly good photos but it looked like a very nice town. I spent time staring in the windows of Real Estate agencies and dreaming of alternate circumstances. In the morning I took the train to Barcelona... |
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