Sevilla, Milano, and Torino

A, my roommate from first year of college, is studying abroad in Milan this semester! She invited me over for Thanksgiving, and I got the chance to see Milan and Turin up close. It was like walking into my Art History textbook, and I loved every minute of it! Here are some of the highlights:

(Apologies for the links, this computer won't let me use Blogger's image uploader.)

SEVILLA:
Taking the first train out of Córdoba at 6:30 AM
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A Historically Significant(I think) bridge in the middle of the city
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A Rodin exhibit that was part of Sevilla's "Art in the Streets" program
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Roman columns in a park
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More Sevilla pictures can be found here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2051657&l=a9fd5&id=2104379

MILANO:
Boarding the sketchy, sketchy discount airline
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Milan was much, much colder than I expected - it was even snowing inside the train station! :)
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The Duomo is made of this beautiful light pink marble, and the detail of each figure on the facade is just incredible.
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Quite of bit of Roman history sprinkled throughout the city, like these columns in front of a cathedral (?) to San Lorenzo
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The cathedral of Santa Maria della Gracia Something Something
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A dude, his dog, and a plate of cheese in Café Magenta
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More Milano pictures can be found here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2051679&l=fa329&id=2104379

TORINO:
A lovey Art Deco foyer
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The streets all ended in the river, with a great view of the hills on the other side.
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This is the largest plaza in Europe!
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The view from the observation deck of a cathedral-turned-cinema-museum
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Foot traffic and christmas lights on the main shopping street in Torino
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Each colored street light in the main plaza had its own reflective sphere
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I want to go back! Torino was so beautiful.
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More Torino pictures can be found here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2051675&l=63df1&id=2104379