After the Gothic Duomo, another staple we visited in Milan was the famous Galleria, which is this domed/glass-ceiling covered shopping mecca, complete with period cafes and the expected souvenir stand in the corner.

Gorgeous glass domed ceilings

THE shmancy McDonald’s

Shots taken with “sweep panorama”

It wasn’t as big as I’d expected, though still very architectural and great for wide-angle photos. Visited the first Prada store here. It’s across a very shmancy McDonald’s. hahaha

There were also these people there dressed in clown clothes with signs that said, FREE HUGS! My sister really wanted to get a hug because she thought it was such a cute idea. Me? I told her not to, cause she could get mugged (this was coming from our duomo pigeon debacle). I told her Jourdan can hug her instead. hahaha

that little girl don’t look like she want no huggin’

So ends our memorable and weird visit in Milan. We also saw some of the other Milanese standards, like the La Scala opera house and Da Vinci’s statue, but they were quite blah and is-that-it-?!-ish.

Photos: Canon 450D + 10-22mm