Brief thoughts for a brief visit to Milan

I'm only in Milan for a day, but I managed to do some decent sight-seeing. Several observations:

1) Security likes to check bags. When I went up to the roof of the cathedral, there were two security guards next to each other. Each of them checked my bag once.

2) Going up to the top of the cathedral was definitely worth it. It's the largest gothic cathedral in the world, and when you climb it, you can walk along the flying buttresses and over a lot of the roof. There were a ton of pictures begging to be taken.

3) Castello Sforzesco has a lot of cute stray cats.

4) In the center of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a huge and grand looking shopping arcade off the cathedral plaza, there are four brand name shops: Bernasconi, Prada, Louis Vuitton, and McDonalds. Go America.