Friday in Milano

Today was another day to just chill. J and I have both been fighting a cold and since we have a lot of traveling ahead of us, we wanted to make sure and get some rest before the rest of our vacation begins. We slept in and then headed to McDonalds for lunch. It actually was better than I expected. I had a new chicken sandwich thing and J got a Big Mac. After lunch we started to pack and get ready for the next part of our trip. I booked a couple of walking tours in Rome. We are taking a tour of Ancient Rome (Pantheon, Colliseum, Forum, etc.) and another tour of the Vatican (St. Peter’s, Sistine Chapel, etc.) We decided to rent a car in Florence since our hotel is out in the boonies. After we finished packing, we headed to the Duomo and Galleria for dinner. Earlier in the week I had seen the big Christmas tree going up in the Galleria, so I wanted to se it once it was finished. They were still working on it and it wasn’t lit up, but we got some pictures anyway. It looks like it will be a really gorgeous tree – it has ornaments of Swarovski crystals. We had an okay dinner and headed back to get some rest before our train to La Spezia tomorrow morning.