Saying that we are 'winging' this trip would definitely be an understatement. Our travels today have been unreal, and it has taken 2 airplanes, 2 trains, and 1 taxi to get us to Hotel Ambra in Milan. We had to do make some serious change of plans when our Zurich flight was delayed 1.5 hours due to rain, and we missed our connection to Milan. We were then forced to hop on a train for 5 hours. We made it to our hostel without knowing any english and essentially having no plans. I'd call it a success!
We planned to wake up early today and go sight seeing in Milano, however our jetlag thought otherwise-- we woke up from our 14 hour slumber at 12:30 pm... CIAO! I fit in a quick 30 minute run here in Milan then showered and we hit the centro and took a 30 minute bus to see the Duomo. We're staying 'off the beaten path' and most of the people on our centro were locals, so we stand out like sore thumbs knowing little to no italian...needless to say we didn't make many friends here today... with the exception of our friendly hostel pal including Mati, who took us out for drinks on the town tonight! Highlights of the day include eating gelato at Cioccolat Italiani, which is an extremely poppin' gelato shop near the Duomo (we waited 30 minutes in line... it was worth every minute), our Hostel Hotel Ambra, which has been a home away from home with the most kind and friendly people, and simply managing to navigate a foreign city without having any prior knowledge has been the biggest victory for us. Some surprises that Italy has shown us thus far include public transportation, figuring out how to flush the toilet because they're all different(seriously...it gets tricky here), deciding whether we want our water with or without "gas," and trying to not look like complete tourists everywhere we go..even though that's exactly what we are! Milan is a beautiful city full of life, and I can't wait to see what Verona has in store for us!
Albuquerque--> Phoenix--> Newark--> Zurich--> Brig-->Milan-->Verona
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| Our Milano Hostel has a lot of character...we spent hours talking on the roof with a couple bottles of wine |
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| The Duomo was incredible... so much detail in one building |
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| The BEST friend who dropped me off at the airport at 4am in Phoenix! |
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| Waiting for our connecting train in Brig... after 24 hours of travel already |
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| Italian coffee is so cute! ...do I need a chaser for this? |
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| Selfie with Mati, who is running a marathon tomorrow! |
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