Milan, Italy (June 22-23)

I had to catch a train out of Zurich to meet Brookie in Milan. She was flying from Athens, Greece.

My train trip was pretty interesting. First, a really old German guy was sitting in my seat. Instead of trying to argue with him about why he couldn't sit there I decided to sit a couple rows back. Once I got settled a young couple, who just booked their seats 10 minutes prior, came and told me I had to move - so I skooched over 1 seat.

On our 4.5 hour trip to Milan I found out that they had just gotten married 8 days before in Texas and they were on their honeymoon. They were so cute it made me want to vomit. (please, Please, PLEASE, tell me I was never like them!) They constantly wanted to hold hands and gaze into each others eyes and junk. I had to pretend I feel asleep for a little while so I didn't have to look at them. BARF!!!

Once I got to Milan I had to find the hotel (that's right, a hotel!) But I don't really know what the difference between a hotel and a hostel are here - maybe it's the tv in the room. Our hotel room had 3 twin beds, a closet, a tv, and a sink. They toilet and shower were down the hall.

The directions to the hotel from the train station were bad so I ended up walking the whole way to the hotel. It was like a mile and with a backpack filled to the brim - and not right mind you - it felt like I was about to die! I had just enough time to drop off my stuff and ring the sweat out of my clothes and hair before I had to leave for the airport to get Brookie.

Luckily her flight was about an hour late so she wasn't waiting for me too long. By the time I got her, and we rode the 45 minutes back to the town center, and then the trolley to the hotel it was about 9 pm. We were so tired and so hungry! We asked the guy at the front desk where a good place to eat was, he was pretty much useless. But he did suggest we try across the street.

We went across the street and found a place the offered sandwiches and cold water. YUM, bread and water! We spend 8 Euros on dinner for the 2 of us and we were plenty full. We decided we would get lunch there the next day. After dinner we headed back to the room, took a quick shower, called home, and went to bed.

The next morning we backed up, got out sandwiches from across the street, and headed to make our 11 am train to Rome.