One in the capital of Lombardy. Handsome Milan.

01 March 2018 • Travel time: with 07 October 2017 on 09 October 2017

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Part two, final.

Did you know that Milan has its own Burj Khalifa? Yes Yes. Here is confirmation for you - cunning Italians) They built an exact copy over the bank. In any case, it looks exactly the same. Both color and form, but I think without content).

After enjoying the city for a bit, we moved to the hotel. It took about 30 minutes to walk to it. I could hardly keep up with my son’s pace and, taking pity on me, he decided to take me on the subway. ) The Italian subway is probably the most advanced of those in which I have ever traveled. And even Dubai is behind him. Of course, it has different branches, transitions, stations, but it is unlikely to get lost there, despite all the intricacies, because all the transitions, escalators, stations are painted in the color of their branch, even on the steps leading into the unknown, it will be clear which branch you are on. Pipes along the edges of yellow, green or red, then you are at the station of the same color. All for the people. And the fare is cheap -1.50. Cheap compared to Germany, for example, of course, not with our Ukraine. Tickets were bought from vending machines, at one of the transfer stations they couldn’t figure out how to get to the other side, but Italians are wonderful people, even if you tell them that you don’t speak Italian, and they don’t know English, they still help you by speaking Italian or simply take by the hand and lead in the right direction. Gestures are everything! As the son said - you are in your element. )

Access to the subway car, as expected, is closed. When will we be like this? But this is not the case for all stations. This is a purple thread. Seen from above.

Finally, we are in the room - my son immediately fell on the bed to rest. Half an hour for a snack, shower and on the road.

To Leonardo! 15 minutes by metro and we are in a place where all, or almost all, of Leonardo's achievements are collected. The museum, I must say, has a completely unsightly entrance, although it is located literally 5 meters from the metro exit, we immediately passed it, but quickly returned. 12 euros and you are in the world of Da Vinci. Only not paintings and frescoes, but his brilliant engineering ideas. As the pretty Italian who sold us the tickets said – enjoy! See for yourself.

Yes, he also invented the tank, or rather its prototype.

The sextant is also his invention. He generally invented a lot of things for sailors and for scuba diving. The suit is also his invention.

Airship

The screws are also his handiwork.

Chassis - I was very surprised by this!! ! I knew about many of his inventions, but the fact that he invented the chassis, his prototype, was a discovery for me.

Helicopter drawings by Leonardo.

And yes, all fans of the 8-cylinder engine tremble)) This is also his invention. For some reason, he was behind glass, although in the museum you can touch almost everything with your hands. Maybe even turn it on?

Yes, yes, he also invented the submarine.

The drawings of the sewing machine are also his work, although he did not have time to bring it to life.

Fondyushka?

The halls of the museum are all very modern and comfortable. There are a lot of them and you can walk there for hours. There are even places where you can lie down, smoke, for example, on these ottomans. And you can also turn it on, press it, puff on equipment, in general, try his inventions in action.

For a moment we thought about what it was, decided that the prototype of the solarium was a version of the sauna, what do you think?

some kind of cauldron, there are plenty of them! ! there were even whole halls-boilers . . direct production can be opened). The principle of the steam iron is also according to his inventions.

I don't know if he came up with a press to compress something, or something else. These colored cubes are compressed aluminum cans.

And he still has something to do with their compression).

Some boilers too.

Great. . I don't know, did he really come up with it too?

Some kind of book, it looks like something related to the exhibition. . I don’t know what the Eiffel Tower has to do with it. . it opened two years earlier than it is shown on the book. Riddle)

Well, what about without aircraft and ship gear and parts.

Airplanes, trains, or rather a steam boiler... all of it.

After his museum, it seems to me that everything in the world was created by Leo, not DiCaprio, Da Vinci! If there was time, we would have wandered around the museum for a long time, since we all did not go around. Definitely want to go back there. The kids will have a lot of fun there. There are rides, and the children are delighted to have fun there.

Metro again and we are on the main square of Milan! Duomo! A snow-white handsome man in front of us! To the roof, to the roof, to see the city in the rays of the setting sun... and then a shock, probably, such a queue was in grandfather Lenin in Soviet times... disappointment. She moved very slowly, so after taking a couple of photos, dodging so that other people's priests, backs and other parts of the bodies were not visible in the photo, they moved along the Vittorio Emanuele gallery. This is the oldest passage in the world. It stretches all the way to Piazza de La Scala to the Opera House. The central entrance to the cathedral was cordoned off with a red and white tape and the police scurried around, they didn’t let anyone in, although it was still an hour and a half before closing, why we decided not to find out. The crowds are simply unreal, although what did we expect on a day off? )

Let's move on, queue, yeah, for ice cream, the price is good 1.50 one scoop. In the gallery, high fashion stores and darkness people.

And this is the very first, and therefore the oldest Prada store in the world. Prada coat - we take out an old coat from the chests, sew a boa to it and your high fashion world).

The gallery is built in the form of a cross with a 47-meter dome in the middle.

there is the famous bull on the floor, depicted on the Turin coat of arms, which you need to scroll in a causal place and you will have good luck all year long, do you think everyone can do it? No, but I did. I’ll check how my wish comes true, I’ll definitely go for the next one. )

Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, the King of Italy. Just opposite him is the snow-white marble handsome Duomo. The view of the monument from here is really not very good.

Stucco and frescoes on the walls of the gallery. Incredible beauty!

The world-famous La Scala Opera House.

It's a side view.

We ate Gelato near La Scala, in a small cafe with one table outside and one inside. Who would have thought that in appearance, this famous theater is so gray and inconspicuous. Tick-next time to visit. His visit is one of my wildest desires.

And again almost the Dubai landscape is visible))

The cleaner at the hotel, I think, was very happy when she saw the earrings with a pomegranate I forgot on the bedside table, although I was not happy about this, so I will definitely come back here! For earrings and for a new desire!

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