Hotel Legnano

... 02-gen Ud -> Jod Jodphur Jodphur Auto
Sun 03-gen Jodphur Jodphur Treno Treno 23.00 5.00 Mon 04-gen Jasailmer Jasailmer Jasailmer
Tue 05-gen Jasailmer Jasailmer Treno Treno 22.45 4.05 Wed 06-gen Bikaner Bikaner Treno Treno 21.20 5.40 Thu 07-gen Jaipur Jaipur Jaipur
Fri 08-gen Jaipur ...

... is this going to Montpellier and he nodded. Luckily the train was still standing, not looking ready to depart just yet.  I hopped on without a ticket and threw my suitcase under the compartment.  I grabbed the first seat I saw and sat there shaking in fear that I'd be thrown off for not having a ticket.  A young french boy seated himself next to me and I apologized wondering if I had stolen his seat.  He said no he wasn't supposed to sit there either.  The train ...

... gigantesques.

nous avons dinner dans un resto sur la rue tres touristique qui relis le duomo au chateau... un petit diner leger avec lequel emilie a pris une coupe de vin blanc qui coutait le prix total de nos 3 dernieres bouteilles de vin!!


je vais tenter d'ajouter des photos a mon blog le plus tot possible.

Lake Como photos here:
http://www.facebook.com/album. php?aid=163676&id=613699523&l=b 0c583d265

Friday caught the train out to Como for a day trip.
Wandering around Como is really nice and can imagine it would be awesome in Summer, as well as being incredibly busy and crowded.
Caught the funiculare up to Brunate and walked up the ...

... a cool little wine bar/tobacco shop/lottery agent to have an aperitif and got to hear the waitress singing along to the radio in broken English with lots of made up words.
Had an AMAZING seafood paella at Osteria del Lazzaretto as well as the biggest piece of bruschetta I've had in my life! They also had half a litre of house wine for 4 Euro! Score!

... was a sight to see also....unmatched synergy of world's leading fashion designer label shops, eateries all in one, huge 4-way intersection shopping precinct, and all under cover of very high portico & frescos!




Next stop was the sprawling Castella Sforzesco, where we took 45 minutes strolling around the welcoming fountain, and thru the expansive main & side courtyards (Milan ...

... get it and you have to book in advance (Just call them)

Strong reco ... it you are in Milan plan to watch a football match. Otherwise headout to a lake nearby in Alps and stay there for the night.

If none of this is possible, than please go to Milan before you head anywhere else in italy.It will make the trip better and more worthwhile.

Hey... note all of above is subject to you not going to Milan for shopping...

... Most of the passengers on our train car were Americans. Milano has a beautiful Duomo (church) and lots and lots of very expensive shops. Unfortunately the Duomo is under reconstruction, so photos will not show its real beauty. We took one of those hop on hop off bus tours around the city. The first time we stayed on the whole ...

I got my Italian Test back today, I got an 85, pretty good, I was happy, maybe I'll be able to keep up conversation in Trentino this weekend. Design is going well, we didn't do too much because last week was the Salone, but my group is having trouble with the floor of our stand. Everything was good until we had to come up with how to create the floor. It got to the point where we were frustrated and just kept going over the same ideas, so we called ...

May 8. Sabrina came to see us off at 08:15 and as it turned out Diego (from above) is her good friend and was her "go between" for he wedding. He even prepared prints for her to give out to her wedding guests. Small world - too bad we didn't know it yesterday - may have gotten a little more discount:-). We pulled our suitcases over the 2 bridges and back down to the St. Angelo vaporetto stop for the trip up the Grand Canal to the train station. We ...