Ciao ciao, Milan

Oh, no...final day of our holiday...time to repack those suitcases for the last time (can't say I'm sorry about that!)

A wee sleep-in this morning, breakfast of pastries and coffee, and then a visit to the Orto Botanico di Brera (Brera Botanical Garden). The garden is managed by the Università Degli Studi di Milano (University of Milan) and you can walk through the garden to the Palazzo Brera, which houses the Pinacoteca di Brera (gallery of art from the 13th to 20th centuries). Unfortunately, the Pinacoteca is closed today, but the garden is shady and peaceful, and the guide booklet takes you on an Arte Orto walk, linking plants in the garden to works of art in the Pinacoteca that feature them. Next best thing to viewing the actual art work!

Milan has been a fun, long weekend. It may not have won our hearts as did Florence and Rome, but it certainly lives up to its reputation of street style and glamour (mixed with us everyday folk as well!). It's fast, crowded, noisy and plays its life out in the streets...everything we love about Italy, just amplified!

In the final photo below you can see our street, Via San Carpoforo, the apartment tucked away in a building on the left. A perfect place for our weekend stay.

Ciao, ciao Milan...Romeo, we're on our way!