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Which way do we go?
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Rich at our hide-away hotel, La Locando del Pino.
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Ready for lunch in the Navigli (canal) section of Milan.
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Rich at San Eustorgio
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San Eustorgio door detail.
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Back portion of San Eustorgio.
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The start of a typical lunch scene for us.
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Chinghale with wild fennel for Rich at El Brellin.
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Osso Bucco and Risotto Milanese for Janice at El Brellin
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Who needs to order dessert when there's espresso and complimentary, lovely biscotti at El Brellin?
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San Lorenzo Maggiore behind its Roman columns
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San Lorenzo Maggiore facade
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Altar
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San Aquilino Chapel's 5th C. mosaics
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Detail
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Roman stonework below San Lorenzo Maggiore
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St. Aquilino's glass coffin
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A fuzzy photo of a fresco in bad repair in St. Aquilino's chapel
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The area in front of San Lorenzo Maggiore is rather symptomatic of the many contrasts between old and new in Milan
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Milan's duomo
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Duomo facade detail
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Duomo interior, with mammoth columns
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Stained glass with statue
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We think this is the bay with glass dating from the 15th C.
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Detail of what we believe are the 15th C. stained glass windows.
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A rose window in the duomo
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Rich on the duomo roof, viewing the cityscape
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The old and the new impose on the skyline
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Detail 1 from a Duomo rooftop column
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Duomo detail 2