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At 7. P. M [[underlined]] arrive [[/underlined]] in [[underlined]] Milan [[/underlined]] Noisy city, streets crowded with people - Went to [[underlined]] Continental [[/underlined]] hotel. Got large room with bath. Most animated and frequented place is [[underlined]] Galleria Humberto [[/underlined]] a great covered gallery with stores, cafes, restaurants, cinemas where all [[underlined]] Milan [[/underlined]] seems to congregate
[[underlined]] Oct 3 [[/undelrined]] Walking around town. Beautiful perfect weather but my sore throat and cold still bother me.
Except at [[underlined]] the hotel, [[/underlined]] the [[underlined]] food [[/underlined]] in the restaurants is rather [[underlined]] poorly prepared [[/underlined]] With the [[underlined]] Lire [[/underlined]] at [[underlined]] 5 cents [[/underlined]] all prices here seem rather high
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[[underlined]] Oct 4 [[/underlined]] Went out sight seeing in a motor omnibus
[[underlined]] Leonardo da Vinci [[/underlined]] famous painting looks more like a caricature since the many clumsy attempts at restoration. [[underlined]] Mark Train's remarks [[/underlined]] in [[underlined]] "Innocents Abroad" [[/underlined]] on this subject [[strikethrough]] were [[/strikethrough]] were very appropriate
Chair on which [[underlined]] Charlemayne [[\underlined]] was crowned - also grave of his father [[underlined]]Pepin.[[underlined]]
The famous [[underlined]]cemetary[[underlined]] with its crowded [[underlined]]mausoleum[[underlined]] and sculptured groups one close to the other [[underlined]]does not give[[underlined]] the [[underlined]]restful impression[[underlined]] of a garden as our cemetaries do.
Many of the [[underlined]]Mausoleums[[underlined]] are very artistic sculptures, others sin by overdoing it and give the impression