Thursday 27th August - Lunch When we came out of the Duomo the temperature was 29deg and the humidity was terrible so it was beer time. We stopped at a restaurant across from the Duome and asked how much tourists had to pay for a beer here. €9 and €10, so instead we sort a backstreet tabac where we had the same beer and sat on the street under an awning for €5 and €6. Still very expensive by back home standards. We wanted a new carryon bag for the...

Thursday 27th August - Duomo So much for us getting here early and having fewer people. There were hundreds and the tickets for the admission queue was quite long so we went to stand at the end of this and a lovely young girl said "Are you over 60 Follow me to jump the queue" So useful to be a pensioner. We went to the doors to go in and Jannie was challenged as her linen dress that looked quite respectable was deemed to need a shoulder scarf. Hence the y...

Thursday 27th August - Castelo Seorzesco We had decided yesterday that we would do the Duomo today as the crowds were so big yesterday so we walked towards the Hop on bus and went and had a look at the Castelo Seorzesco near the visitors centre. A lot of the Castle is dedicated to Michelangelo as he lived for a part of his life actually in the castle and for the period that he was painting the "Last Supper". He used an experimental painting style for the pai...

Wednesday 26th August - Hop On Bus We caught the bus and this one was open up top except that it had a Perspex roof. Bloody hell was it hot. We were so hot and thought that we should get off the bus at stop 12 and walk the 300m to our hotel but somehow we got off 2 stops early and ended up at the Duomo. The church was magnificent and a vivid white stone and so big. Just walking around outside was stifling and after our photos were taken walked towards th...

Wednesday 26th August - Milan We got up a bit late and went down to breakfast and had a really nice one with plenty to choose from. We decided to go for a walk to the information centre and get the Hop on Hop off bus and as it was only €2 each extra we got it for 2 days. The temperature was already hotter than we had had in Britain and we were both wearing our floppy hats but decided to get off at a stop by the canal and have a beer and lunch and maybe ...