Trip to Italy - Day 10

Tuesday: Go West, Young Men.  We filled up on breakfast and walked aboard the 9:14 to Milan.  It was an IC (Intercity) train but getting here seemed to take awhile.  I know there were sections where we were roaring along at 140 kph because as I could see the rail speed signs along the way.  Our car was comfortable with separate six-passenger cabins.  They always remind me of how train travel should be.  They're the type where short fiction takes place or the scene from a movie occurs.  Nothing dramatic happened on our way here though.

Although we got into the Milan Central Station at 12:45, it took a while before we found a hotel.  Things seem more spread out.  The station itself is undergoing reconstruction but is quite awesome.  I'll have to research on the Internet after I get home to find out its history.  It obviously was built to impress.  Mussolini era?

We're in a hotel called Charly.  It's two blocks to the green line on the subway.  I guess we'll hang around tomorrow and see several famous things, like cathedrals.  Milan feels a little more typically European.