Milano

All tourists in Milano flock to the Duomo. It really is spectacular. If you are a tourist in Milan you should flock there. The stairs to the upper deck were closed when we wanted to climb them. We skipped the climb, but the upper deck is purported to have the best view of Milan that you can get.

We came cross the Scala Opera house and found that the event for the evening was a Ballet set to the music of Pink Floyd. After a search for tickets we found that we could get box seats with a really really obstructed view for around $500. However, the gentleman at the ticket office was very kind and explained the process to get gallery tickets for $10 each. The seats would also be bad but the cost would at least somewhat match. An hour later we had our tickets to a basically sold out show.

The shopping mall in downtown Milan was even fancier than the Walmart in Payson AZ. Actually, for the price of a wardrobe from the Prada store where we did our window shopping, you could buy the Walmart in Payson AZ.

The Scala theater was very large and spectacular. Boxes are arranged not so much to see the show as to be seen. As a result, you could not actually see the stage (at all) while being seated in out seats. Our row was fitted with hand rails so that you could stand up and lean over the row in front of you to see the show. The show itself was, well, interesting.. The first 2 songs featured nothing but guys in tights and no shirts doing pelvic thrusts. The children thought that the show was "weird". The show did get better and became more of something that you would see at the halftime of the Superbowl and less of a Chippendale's routine. 1/2 way though our son and I left to use the restroom. We were not allowed back in but were instead directed to the center of the second gallery were we had awesome seats where we could see the whole stage. These seats were somewhat wasted on us but there was no way to let the others know that they should change seats.