Milan, Italy - July 23rd

This morning was pretty relax. I got up and began getting ready. Connie came and got me and together we went with Frank and Kara to the Duomo section of town in search of cheap souvenirs. At the side shops, we picked up a few small gifts. Afterwards, we walked around the Duomo area showing Frank the sights since it was his first time being there. We walked by the shops, occasionally stopping in some to search for clothes. We had lunch at a restaurant on the San Babila shopping strip. It was a little too pricey for the quality of food and service. The waiter was a real dick. We got gelatto and made our way over to the Ferrari store where they were allowing people to test "drive your dream". On the street nearby, they took pictures by the shiny red cars lined up to be driven. A Lamborghini pulled up beside one of the Ferraris and the two got into a revving battle. The engines were so powerful that the air around us vibrated. To our disbelief, the Lambo driver rolled do the passenger window and jokingly sent an empty water bottle out at the Ferrari. I guess people with that kind of money do not worship those cars the way we do. We continued down the road looking for designer stores so Kara, a personal shopper for wealthy people back in the States, could pick out clothing for her clients. I felt underdressed for most of the places we went into. Even when we went into the "clothing garage", the tshirts were at least 50 euro. There, we ran into the most heavily stacked woman I have ever seen. Looked like she had two bowling balls in a harness around her chest. Frank was ballsy enough to get a picture with her. We hopped on the bus which took us to another section of town where the make up store was located. Frank and I chatted about running races while the girls looked at make up. Turns out he had recently run the Fredericksburg Marine Half Marathon. From there we wondered aimlessly back towards the metro and then to the dorm. We pretty much hung out there for the rest of the night.