public transportationssss - Malpensa to Milan

Continuing my public transportation adventure from the Malpensa Airport... I transfer from the metro to a tram at the Duomo... and enjoyed the view!...

This is the plaza in front of the Duomo... straight across and between the two buildings with the arched windows is where I catch the #9 tram... (Mom, Dad, and Sean... this is all exactly what you'll be doing in December!!)

After changing from the #9 tram to the #222 bus, which then takes me out to Opera.

The photo below shows the first view of Opera from the street (my building is behind these brand new ones...)

Getting off the #222 bus, I walk down this street... toward the lovely pink building (ha!)... and my building is the one on the left! It's all pretty easy... as long as I have the time.

train from Malpensa to Milan

I left Denver to head back to Milan on Monday morning... flying through Newark, NJ and then on to Malpensa - one of the airports in Milan. I arrived at Malpensa mid-morning on Tuesday and then took various forms of public transportation back to my cute town of Opera.

This is the express train from Malpensa to Cadorna Station in the city (a stop that connects with the underground metro)...

It's just 11 euro for the express train... and a nice ride...

Gorgeous day to welcome me back to Milan!

...And a view of The Alps   : )

After the express train... it was then a couple stops on the Metro... transferring to a tram at the Duomo... and then onto the bus to Opera. As long as I have the time for public transportation the airport, the 13 euro it cost me for the entire trip is a lot better than the 100-150 euro it would cost for a taxi!

For flights within Europe, I hope to be able to fly out of the Linate Airport - it's SO much closer to Opera! Opera is south of the city of Milan and Linate is on the southern line of the city... perrrrfect. There isn't really any public transportation that I can take there but a taxi is reasonable at about 30 euro.

yesterday in the city...

Yesterday I went into the city and met up with a returning teacher. She was kind enough to show me how I can take public transportation the entire way to the Malpensa Airport. There's another airport in Milan that is much closer... but most international flights to the States go out of Malpensa.

Basically, here's my route...

222 bus from Opera
24 tram to the Duomo
downstairs to the metro
red or yellow line to Cadorna
leave the metro -- go to the train station
buy an express Malpensa ticket, 11 euro
train to Malpensa Airport!

...I can, I can, I can. (...I'll be going on this adventure Wednesday morning, as I head home to Denver for my brother's WEDDING!)  :D

Below are some pictures from my time in the city yesterday... (after getting to the Cadorna stop, we walked back to the Duomo)...

Pretty sure this just means that there are books in English...

We walked by some sort of mini parade...

(Nice how the one guy is simply in sneakers...)