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 ...

Tuesday 25th August - Edinburgh to Milan Wasted day really as was all in travel and not without it's problems. We had to have the rental car back to the airport by 11.30am and that was no problem. We did 1584 miles whilst in Britain and we filled it up prior to getting it back to the airport and it cost £50.97 for 45.15 litres and we had travelled 624 miles since last fill up. We were both very impressed with the VW Golf and wouldn't mind one back home b...