Milan Day 2

The day started off bright and sunny.  We walked to the Duomo again because its the center of everything. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe because Leoš likes to collect their t-shirts. Then we went for lunch and the sandwiches we had were delicious!! The quality of the ingredients were so good! Then we came across an old looking building that said Starbucks on it.  Since we went to a beautiful Starbucks in Paris, I thought it would have the same kind of interior, so we went in.  Wow, was it different.  It was so impressive to see the tall ceilings and huge roasters in the center of everything.  The sizes were mind blowing.  I didn't expect to see what I saw.  There were huge containers with green coffee beans that were somehow moved to the roasting machine and those beans were then moved through copper tubes to the baristas.  The line for drinks was really long and the drinks were a bit expensive, so I decided to buy a beautiful tumbler instead.  I did some research afterwards and found out that there are only 7 Starbucks Reserve Roasteries in 6 cities around the world.  Four are in USA, 1 in China, 1 in Japan and 1 in Italy (the one we went to).  I'm not even a coffee fan, but it was really impressive to see and quite an experience.  After our visit to Starbucks, we walked to a huge park.  It was really nice.  We made our way back to the center and it started to rain.  We went to mall for a short bit, but then we had to get to our accommodation.  Luckily, I brought a backpack cover and an umbrella, so we were fine to walk.  It was a great full day of exploration.

                                                             Michael Jackson's jacket

                                                                Prince's guitar

                                                                nice stand with bao

                                                                fillings for our sandwiches

                                                            mortadela with pistachio and straticllea cheese 

                                                   salami, eggplant and artichoke spread

                                        

                                    inside the old building was this modern factory style interior!

                                                                where they roasted the beans

                                                                    packing area

                                                    tik tok video area

                                             the green containers contained the unroasted coffee beans

                         listening to a small talk on how to prepare coffee and then got a sample

                                                           

                                                        a bit worried about the really dark clouds

                                                           reminded me of the gate in Berlin

                                                         a few hours later and a lot of sun

                                                                            gelato time!

                                                          the rain came down hard an hour after this

                                                                used an AI photo booth.........

                                                  why do I look like Anne Hathaway? haha!