Milan - Day One...

(If you haven't read about the first evening, then go and do so because this is a continuation...)

So, back to it. After having had a few hours sleep, we woke up and called our new pals to arrange the day trip to Lake Como, which is about an hour away from Milan. 

MJ and I caught a tram into town and had some pastry delights and coffee, and then met the two R's (Rom Rom) outside the train station and they led the way. The train journey mainly consisted of MJ and I having a catch up and entertaining the two boys who were feeling a little worse for wear because they had had quite a bit to drink last night. We arrived in Como to see the weather not too dissimilar from Milan - wet. 

Here are some snaps of the place...

I'm sure that was a picture overload, but oh well. After exploring the small town near the lake we headed back to Milan and had a regroup at the place we were staying. MJ and I decided that it was about time to head into the centre of Milan - which we hadn't done yet, so asked for advice on an authentic Italian and headed in pursuit of that.

Upon arrival, we walked up the steps from the metro to be greeted with this view...

This was breathtaking and so unexpected that it was awesome. After plenty of gawping, we went into the main arcade alongside the duomo and had a choice of restaurants. This arcade was gorgeous and I got a bit snap happy...

We decided upon a restaurant and MJ got her much coveted risotto and all was good. After dinner we grabbed a gelato, despite how cold it was, and had a wander around the streets. It was such a lovely day.

Stay tuned for Day Two.

Enjoy,
SRJ

Milan - The First Evening...

Over Easter I took a spontaneous trip to Milan with one of my best friends - MJ (I have decided to not use real names on my blog, but instead pet names or nickname, just for their sake). The trip was a total of four days and was such a whirlwind, so I thought I would share the stories and some snaps along the way for your entertainment. 

We arrived in Milan at 10pm and had a much needed reunion in the airport - I hadn't seen MJ in far too long. Once we found our way to the accommodation we were staying in it was about midnight, so naturally we decided to get ready and see what the nightlife of Milan had to offer. 

After finding a cove of bars and clubs we decided upon what seemed the most popular place, got a round of drinks (which were included in the ridiculously overpriced entrance fees), and boogied to one of the best DJ's I have heard in a while. 

Whilst in this club we saw an array of characters, and of course some very well dressed men - we were after all in Milan. Towards the closing time of the club we were goofing around dancing with some Italians, and were kicked out whilst talking to them. Once we got outside we seemed to be swarmed by two different groups of friends; the dancing partners from before and a new crowd, all suggesting after-party locations. After hearing the offers MJ thought that the new crowd sounded like the best bet, when she heard the words "my driver" she was sold. So, off we went with these guys.

I have to interject and state that we only had the one drink at the club, so we weren't drunk or unable to make sensible decisions. We were toying with the borderline of reckless decision making but luckily nothing bad happened - I feel that I needed to say this just to make sure people don't think I'm promoting going off with strangers, because I know how ludicrous and stupid that sounds... ooops.

Back to the story...We went in a car with 3 guys; Romeo, Roman, and "Out of Service" - what they called their friend who was utterly drunk and rather ill, so we didn't get to learn his name. We pulled up outside an apartment block that is very quiet and there is evidently no after-party in progress which we tell them. They reassure us that if we don't like it then we can go and that is no problem. 

So, we arrive at their apartment and they insist on showing us the view, for which we have to climb up a gate and clamber onto the roof to see, but it was definiteky breathtaking. At whatever hour it was we had our first view of Milan and it was from the rooftops...

Dusk...

Romeo and Roman showed us around their flat and were keen to show off their latin dance skills and we chatted for hours, and found them to be such nice people who were in Milan to study and taught dance classes on the side - legends. A few hours went by and the chatter hadn't stopped, with the two R's telling us where we had to go in Milan, and their favourite places in Italy and insisting that they would take us.

Their gorgeously Italian apartment courtyard...

The next thing we knew Roman was falling fast asleep and we looked at the clock and it was 7.30am, so we decided it was probably a good thing to go back to our accommodation and get some sleep before our first day in Milan. Romeo, being the true gent that he is, said that he would accompany us to our tram stop.

Still fierce without sleep...

On our way to the tram stop R insisted that we had to try his favourite pastry, and of course no one objects to having a pastry ever, and this was truly one of the best things I have ever tasted. It was just sensational, and accompanied with a cup of coffee - bellisimo.

Tasty delight...

With the rain getting heavier, we hopped on the next tram and headed back to our accomodation, we only recognised our stop by the sex shop that was on the corner - haha, where they were in the middle of breakfast. Our room happened to be right by the breakfast spread, so we flounced in wearing last night's clothes, put our bags down, and headed to grab a bite to eat. After which we went to sleep for a few hours...

I'll be posting the remainder of the trip over the next week,
Enjoy,

SRJ