Orange Milan

... He arrived and I blurted out Je m'explique! Je n'ai pas un reservation. J'ai un eurail pass mais ma train arrive retard et I did not want to miss the train...blah blah blah and then he joked in french what did I think they would throw me off. He then smiled as I tried to figure out if he was joking, and he said c'est d'accord you're alright. Phew!! I was allowed to stay on! So me and John the french boy had a little convo in french, which was great practice for ...

... 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.

... good for what you pay!! And awesome for a backpacker!!
Went for drinks at Frank's Bar which Patrick who owns the hotel recommended. Turned out to be a pretty trendy cocktail joint
where you pay for your drink at 1 place then get it at another. 10 Euro for a beverage no matter what you had so naturally I ordered a long island ice tea!!!

... 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!

... at the airport. Her plane was about a half hour late, we hopped a cab to Hotel Gama in Melzo which is north of milan. The hotel is owned by a lovely family and you feel like you are staying at a friends home. The owners are so sweet. We hopped a train to go to the city and met these young teenagers who were trying to communicate with us. They were hilarious..and it was interesting to know that they knew we were having an upcoming election and who the ...

After Istanbul and Rome... even Venice looked dull .. so what do you say about Milan!

Though we did go to see the famous Leonardo Da Vince's Last Supper. For the nerds likes me, let me tell you that the painting is not on a canvas but on the wall of the church (don't remember the name of the church) ... the experience was Wow... it almost felt that you were having dinner with Jesus and his group .. its costs about 25Euro per person ...

... experiences sit at the cozt restaurant in Milan. Though expensive, cost us €80 per bill for 2 pax for just the first course plus a drink (You could get €9.90 per set meal per pax at most common place, usually.), but it was tasteful and romantic....... :) I didn't do much shopping, as I am not a slave for branded goods. I rather pay more for foods and accomodation............. :p

... Perfect butternut squash gnocchi with buttery sage sauce, tagliatelle bolognese, and osso bucco. Dessert was another great citron tart and one with chocolate and pears. Pretty great. Flew back the next day and had a quality El Al beef meal--though Jessica's chicken was better. We knew we had arrived in Israel when we got into our ...

... out in Pavia , about 30 minutes away. It is a agritourism farm, run by friends of the family, where they make everything fresh from locally grown or farm grown ingedients... We literally ate from 1pm to 6pm ! The food was incredible! I was completely stuffed half way through and so even skipped a couple of the dishes. Jeff and Vale were incredibly ...

... by our metro stop for a bit until we found some place that looked like it had a good amount of food, and we found one, Marghera Café. They had a nice selection; the only thing I didn't like is that it was Tavola Fredda, translated as "Cold Table", all the food was cold. But it was still good. I think I've got a nice relaxing weekend this week, which is good, because the Salone del Mobile is next week, and I know that will be non-stop! Ciao Ciao!