à Milano!

This Saturday and Sunday a few of us went to Milan, Italy. The train ride was about 4 hours, plus a bit of waiting at the Italian border to be checked on the way in.

While there, the biggest thing we saw was the Duomo cathedral, which was absolutely magnificent. We even got to walk up the marble stairs to walk around the roof and see the (marble) adornments up close. The Mass was nice there as well.

There were many other old and historical attractions, including many statues and ornately-constructed buildings, and a fairly large castle.

I am just glad to be back in Switzerland, though; Italy was significantly more nerve-racking than Switzerland. The return was made all the more dramatic by the two facts that: (1) I was awake; and (2) that the train crosses the international border inside of a tunnel inside of a mountain, so we emerged in another country.

Now it's study-time - quiz tomorrow, and still more fun to come!