While Rebecca and Kailyn were in the states for mom Van Gilder's cancer procedure, Justin and I decided to get out of town and have a father/son adventure...so, we headed down to Milan, Italy to catch an AC Milan match...
We took the overnight train on Friday night, arrived in Milan on Saturday morning and toured the city during the day, went to the game Saturday night, saw some more cites in the city on Sunday morning, and then took an eleven hour train ride back to Vienna. We had splurged for first class on the trip home (a whole 20€ more) and enjoyed "free beverages" and comfortable seats for the entire trip. Arrived home at midnight:45 and then headed to school the next morning. Good times.
Seriously though, this was a really fun thing to be able to do with Justin...especially since Kailyn has taken "center stage" recently. Hopefully he and I will be able to do more of these types of trips in the coming years.
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Waiting for our train. Fun experience taking the night train....actually slept fairly well. Hopefully we'll be able to do it again soon! |
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Justin in front of the train |
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Welcome to Milano! |
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Justin feeding the pigeons in front of the Duomo. Ridiculously huge cathedral... |
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in front of the castillo |
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The view from our hotel. This was a very busy and popular shopping street...crazy just trying to get to the Metro. |
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Pre-game dinner. Hot, delicious sandwiches. Perfect. |
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Ready to go in. Had to show our passports to buy the tickets AND 3 more times before getting to our seats. |
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San Siro Stadium. Huge. |
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Watching the pregame |
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AC Milan warming up. |
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We had a pretty good view of the pre game ceremony/hand shake. |
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Italians with gigantic flags...oh, and flares. |
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Just a friendly little bonfire during the game. |
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The Ref trying to maintain order during a corner kick. |
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More pictures of the "ultras"...oh, and more fire. |
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There was a "Santa run" happening in the city...we were fortunate to be able to see this little beauty. |
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Justin chilling in our private, first class cabin. |
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Enjoying a free apfel saft in first class. |
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Thanks for reading! |
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