Tuesday, May 28th
Checked out of the Bristol Palace and headed for our last destination in Italy... Milan. The drive to Milan was uneventful, though picturesque. We had figured out the toll road stops and payments and nothing was left but to get to Milan and fly to Paris.
Reached Milan and, after checking into the modern and busy Michelangelo Hotel, we hunted down a gas station to fill the tank and it was, miraculously next door to the Europcar Office where we had to return our faithful Audi. Our good luck suddenly turned when we tried to park the car. It was this office's pleasant custom of double-parking return cars on the street in front. After some misgivings, we double-parked, got our receipt and jumped in a taxi back to the hotel. We then went out to find dinner and, in response to a waiter's coaxing, we dined outdoors at his cafe. Afterwards, we took a quick look around our part of Milan and went to our rooms for our last night in Italy.
Joe
