Ciao Milano!

We made it to Milan on Friday afternoon. Sunny and about 70 degrees! As soon as we landed at the airport Scott realized he needed a cool fidore and gold rimmed sunglasses at all times to feel Italian. We found our hostel and then went out to see the city. A place we had read about was Il Duomo, the oldest gothic cathedral in Milan, so we set out to find it.  On the way we walked through a park called Giardini Indro Montanelli, saw La Scala (supposed to be the most famous opera house in the world), and walked through the high-end shopping area called Quadrilatero D'oro since Milan is best known for its fashion. We finally made it to this amazing cathedral (see pic) and forgot that you had to wear long pants so we could not go inside (we did go back on Saturday waering long pants and it was quite beautiful - see other pic).

After all that we were heading out to another neighborhood but when we walked past a mob of people at a Dolce and Gabbana store we decided to stop. There were security personnel lined up around the store directing people to keep walking by and they would not allow people in the store.  We decided to stand across from the store on the sidewalk and wait for whatever it was that was supposed to happen.  Brooke wanted to leave, but Scott could not possibly miss an opportunity to see a model! Haha. After seeing 2 weirdos try to run into the store (see pic) and a mob of animal protesters show up, the music started which let us know something was about to happen. To George Michael's 'Freedom' we watched a stream of limos and fancy cars pull up. I could not believe it when Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Eva Herzigova all stepped out and also male models Noah Mills and Tyson. Actually, we could not really tell which models they were so we looked it up online today. Anyway, after pictures were taken of the models they opened the doors for spectators to enter the store so we joined. Everyone was running around the store trying to find a place to stand where they could view the models ... it was quite entertaining for us to watch. On Saturday we explored more of the neighborhoods and sites. Tomorrow we are leaving early on a train for Munich ... we're very excited about Oktoberfest! Should be a blast. Ciao for now!

Weirdos trying to get in the store got dragged out by security.

Naomi, Claudia, and Eva getting out of the limo (not a great picture of the backs of their heads, but its them!)