Posts Tagged ‘Milan’

Goodbye Jen, Hello “Strč prst skrz krk”

We all sleep-walked to the train station this morning at five in the morning to catch a shuttle to not-so-nearby Malpensa International Airport. About an hour and a good nap later, we were being dropped off at the terminal and parting with our dearly beloved travel companion, Jen. The good news is, now she gets to join in the excitement through these wonderful and vivid blogs! Hope you made it off alright and you’re not still stuck in the (I imagine, by now) miserable Malpensa airport.

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Oooh, Uffizi

The Uffizi was closed yesterday, so today was our only chance to see the famed Renaissance gallery. Once again, Katelyn was thrilled to see the subjects of her studies and tried not to linger too long in front of Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus. Tour groups were somewhat annoying but the pretty pictures made it more than worth while. Unfortunately we were unable to locate the mythical Bernini sculpture collection that was fabled to be there but we probably would have had to call the fire department to separate Katelyn from them anyway.

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