Having a (Ve)Nice Day

Greetings, blog followers! Today I'll be reporting on our stay in Venice and Milan, two wonderful Italian cities. We only spent a day in each one, but that was more than enough to see the fascinating sights each city had to offer.

Venice

Venice's main "thing" that is known for is its canals. These trenches of water run through the city in a grid and act as the main alternative to roads. In fact, the city has no roads and no cars whatsoever- if your destination is far away, you have to either tough it out and walk or board a water taxi or water bus. This makes the city remarkably pleasant to walk through, with the minor downside of having to seek out one of the city's numerous bridges in order to cross the canals.

This is not a great photo, but we don't have many others because we were too busy admiring the unique city.

Milan

Milan is known as the fashion capital of the world, meaning that we stuck out like a sore thumb. Fashion isn't the only attraction, though, as we learned when we visited the stunning and intricate building known as the Duomo.

Each sculpture adorning the building would have been quite the work of art on its own- and yet, thousands of them all congregate here to make the building even more spectacular.

The inside of the Duomo.

Stained glass windows.

The duomo as seen from the roof.

Bonus Photo: Grilled cheese, take two!

This time, I got toasted french bread with huge blocks of cheese lining the middle. Closer than last time, but our quest for an actual grilled cheese sandwich remains unfinished.