Afternoon musings from walking Milano

Sitting in the Giusto Guto sidewalk cafe on the via Broletto. Sipped an espresso and a pastry- the pastries are everywhere and incredible. I have gone from eating very healthy in Tokyo- a lot of fish rice and vegetables to the car capital of the world. Finished the pastry and espresso and now enjoying a Cuban Cohiba Maduro 5 with an Italian beer Cisk XS, which is an extra strong beer at 9%.
Sites today included the Duomo Cathedral square- incredible detail on the cathedral.
The architecture in the city center is just breathtaking- the buildings have intricate detailing on them and you can spend hours on them alone. One thing that struck me though on the cathedral at Duomo was the graphic violence on the reliefs- boiling oil being poured over people, a man being clubbed, very spiritual.
We ended up walking 9 miles today and my ankle is letting me know it is not happy.

Mid morning snack- cannoli and espresso

Street view in Milan

Lunch- a little carb loading

Ice cream sandwich- Italian style

Milano Shopping center- tile floors, stained glass windows

Prada on one side and Louis Vitton on the either, luckily not my kind of stores

The cathedral at Duomo

The front of the church was filled with these types of happy carvings

Street view

Afternoon pastry time- along with a Cuban cigar and an extra strength Italian beer.