Milan

We took a train from Rimini to Milan, and were there for two nights. Milan was a grand and impressive city, without very many main attractions. But it was very picturesque.


This is the view from our hotel.


I love the large wooden doors and rustic walls.


Duomo di Milano




I loved all of the balconies...

...and roof gardens...

...and bicycles.


It rained on my birthday, and it was a Sunday and even the grocery stores were closed. We couldn't find an Italian restaurant open, so we ordered pizza from a kebab shop. A couple days later when we were in Florence, we had a perfect day and decided that was my birthday.

Rimini

After seven months of winter, the sun in Italy was exactly how it should be, blinding and hot and exposed. I went on tour with my football team to Rimini, which was a 70s resort town with an endless beach on the Adriatic Sea. The water and sky were surprisingly blue.


The experience was pretty hilarious. I was the only American girl with a dozen Brits in Italy and we pretty much just laughed a lot, ate pizza and gelato on the beach, sun bathed, played soccer and drank pretty heavily in the evenings. There was a sizable amount of banter.



The field where we played was covered in daisies, and I started making daisy chains, which I haven't done in years. I am so easily thrilled by flowers at my disposal.