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[violachic]

Did I mention I had an enormous layover in Milan on my way to Palestine?





The Duomo cathedral


More Duomo


Proof of Duomo


The Duomo subway stop, and the Ministry of Tourism


Pigeons in the Piazza (hey, that would be a great name for a band)


The Duomo, with the entrance to the really cool mall of shops next to it


The aforementioned mall


Looking down one arm of the cross-shaped tunnel


The dome


McDonalds: The Ultimate Meme


Statue to Leonardo Da Vinci


Inscription on the statue (one of four)


La Scala Opera House


Publicity poster at the opera house


Piazza de la Scala


More La Scala proof


Joe Green Street (yes, I think I'm funny)


Scooters are fricking everywhere, man!

Comments

Mille grazie!

[febrile.livejournal.com]

Ach. Want. To. Go.

I took two semesters of Italian in college from some woolheaded notion of wanting to be able to translate Dante. I wasn't a very good student in that class, and don't remember a lick of it.

But I still want to trek off to Firenze and hand out on the Ponte Vecchio with a bottle of grappa some day.

Re: Mille grazie!

[violachic.livejournal.com]

The only Italian I know are musical terms... which, oddly enough ;-) actually mean something in conversational Italian, albeit something different.

I have never tasted grappa. I'm not entirely certain what it is.

Re: Mille grazie!

[jk-fabiani.livejournal.com]

I have never tasted grappa. I'm not entirely certain what it is.

I've tasted it (ick) and I feel the same way. Its made from pressed skins and the seeds of grapes.

Re: Mille grazie!

[febrile.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've not had it, either. I'm told it's rather vile, actually.