We spent most of the day traveling and didn't even arrive in Milan until around 3 (the traveling began around 8.30). Late in the afternoon we made it to the duomo and spent some time in downtown Milano.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (the mall). Can you believe that there is a McDonald's in this high class place? Greg noticed that the gelato at one of the cafes was 11 Euro. That's insane. Can't afford an 11 Euro gelato? No problem. Head to McDonald's, where the golden arches really are gold (colored).
Outside the Galleria.
The duomo.
I am eating this really yummy fried bit of dough caked in sugar. There were a couple of vendors at the rave parade. I was hungry and followed my eyes to a stand with fritelle (the sugary fried dough).
After seeing the rave parade, we walked back to the Duomo metro stop and decided to take the metro to a nearby park. Little did we know, the rave started or ended (or both) at the castle at this park we were going to. As we step out of the metro, we hear this thumping bass and know immediately that we were in the midst of something out of the ordinary. There were vans and semis lined up around the castle, all pumping out music, the semis serving as stages. There were food trucks teeming with sandwiches and beer. There were guys with ice buckets filled with beer. There were all sorts of people. I wish I could describe this experience better. I guess the best word I have is insane. That was definitely not the type of scene I expected to encounter in Milan.
The rave was held in honor of May Day (a holiday here??). All the metro stations shut down at 9pm, much earlier than we expected. Of course we didn't know this at 9.10 pm when we were trying to find our way out of the rave and back to the hotel. Apparently running buses were rare this night as well. We ended up taking a taxi from the Cardena train station to the hotel. It took much longer than normal because of the rave - for a while, the taxi was stuck behind one of the rave "floats."
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