DAY 17 - Whew, it's hot in Italy, I must say. But I can't think of much to do...

Time for another day in sunny Milan, but I saw nearly all the things I wanted to yesterday, so what now? I set out early to do what little stuff I could think of, but tried to take it easy as a result.

After breakfast at McDonald's (not a McDonald's breakfast though) I made the walk from the Lotto Metro station to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, or San Siro as most know it. I was able to admire the charming graffiti left by both Inter and Milan supporters.




Eventually, the stadium loomed into view. Wow. It really is very big.







Very big indeed.








But for some reason...








...I think it looks like a car park. Most stadiums have walls on the side hiding this stuff, but the San Siro doesn't, it's all open.







I went on a stadium tour, plus museum entry, for €12.50, which unlike with most museums I was happy to pay. This is a place I certainly wanted to go.






Big capacity.








The Curva Sud, for Milan supporters. You may have seen the Curva Nord, for Inter's fans, on the other side in the other photos.







New pitch for the new season.








And now the dressing rooms. There's one for Milan, one for Inter, and one for everyone else - probably a rare stadium to have three dressing rooms.






The two rooms are very different: Inter's has pictures of past legends, presumably to inspire the players.







Milan's, on the other hand...








...is a little more sophisticated. I neglected to take a picture of the chairs, which, rather than a simple bench, are like racing car seats. And each player has his own that he always uses.






Amstrad are one of the sponsors, so there's a TV about each chair. Why? Er...







Here's the VIP area, for the prawn sandwich brigade who don't really fancy watching the match. I went in the museum also, which was nice but rather small.






I finally found that tower. Now I wonder why I bothered.











After that disappointment, I made my way to the Cimitero Monumentale, a massive cemetary, basically. This is opposite it. Don't know what it is.






Here's one of the gates.








And another bit.








I still hadn't found the entrance.











Aha, now I have. Lovely.








Inside the building.








And outside it.








There are a number of indoor bits like this. Seems like a storehouse or something.







Woah, lots of graves.








If you like walking around cemetaries...








...go for this one.








I walked to the Giardini Pubblici park, and snapped this building on the way.










Rather large. Not as big as the one next to the castle, but big.








Lots of people were resting here. Including very ragged-looking men asleep on park benches. I dived into the Natural History Museum...






KONBAN WA








"Come on world, I'll have you for breakfast! Raaar!"








Dance, chipmunks! DANCE!








OH SHI-








"Noooo they be stealin' my bucket! Whyyyy?!"











"G'day boys!"








Is this an argument or a duet? "I WOULD WALK FIVE HUNDRED MILES..."







Enough of this nonsense. I don't even know what this is. That says something about Milan: this thing is so insignificant I don't even know what it is, but it still looks awesome.






And so, I went to the same place next to the hostel, this time with two guys from the hostel, and bought something which was supposed to have tuna on it, but just had salad. Grr. I should've had a pizza. Oh well. I have a large portion of the day tomorrow to go around Milan, but I've pretty much exhausted all of what I came here to do. Not sure what to do now.