Our stay at Hotel Antiche actually included a private boat to take us to Murano, which is known for its glass making. However, since we were planning on visiting Burano afterwards, we decided it would be more economical to buy 48hr public transportation tickets, which covers the islands and was good for the vaporetto or public waterbus. Since our boat was picking us up at 9:30am, we woke up early to have breakfast in the hotel lobby, then walked over to the…
We had to say goodbye to Milan as we were heading over to Venice as our next and final stop. That morning I ate the last of my leftover risotto, then we checked out of our hotel at 10:30am and headed over to the main station. We had about two hours before our train departed, so we browsed through some shops then had lunch at Mercato Centrale, which is a marketplace with food vendors and restaurants inside the station. By noon we…
Our next day was our only full day in Milan. When we were initially doing our vacation planning, the only highlights we looked at were the Duomo and seeing the Last Supper (which was sadly fully booked). Milan didn’t strike me as a city that had a lot to offer outside of it being a fashion district, but I must say that out of all the cities we visited on this trip, Milan ended up surprising me the most. Our combination…
The next day was our long awaited day trip to Lake Como. Originally when we were doing our planning we threw around the idea of staying overnight. However, hotels are notoriously expensive and there’s an influx of tourists in the summer, making it difficult to line up for ferries. To get the full experience I think you need to splurge on a fancy hotel and pay for private charters to take you island hopping. Sadly that wasn’t the case for us,…
The day after the concert was an extremely chill day. We had a 4-hour train ride to Milan and the only other thing that was planned were dinner reservations at La Gioia. After one last breakfast inside the common area at the Meininger, we were ready to checkout. While we didn’t manage to find a hotel closer to the stadium, the Meininger was surprisingly better than we expected and we had a decent stay there. We reserved a bit of…