Off to Milan we went! Quick train ride (we are all train-pros by this point) and then we were in our 5th town in 7 days! We've been busy. We went to our hotel, called "The Best Hotel" and we were all worried it was going to be an omen for the exact opposite. It wasn't too bad though. We had 5 people in 2 rooms and then I was in a room for 4 people with Ash, Kel, and Tasha which was nice.
Two of the guys working the desk were really nice and helpful but one was CREEPYYY! I went out to ask him questions TWICE and each time he was on facebook and looking at a gross girl. One of the girls was naked but not showing anything in her picture and the other girl just had a picture of her boobs as her profile picture. GROSS!!! I wasn't trying to be nosy or anything but as he was helping me, he would look things up on the computer and didn't even bother to minimize or hide what he was looking at! So weirddd! But really amusing.
In Milan, we saw the Duomo, which is this HUGE cathedral with crazy spires and marble blocks and it was beautiful! It was Gothic style so it was a lot different than the other churches we had seen. It was a lot more open, with less little crevices and corners. It was darker and even had a bunch of tombs in it! There wasn't much gold on the walls and it wasn't as extravagant. It was interesting to see something new. And it is the second largest church in the world! (according to my Foder's travel book :-P) Outside the Duomo is this huge piazza and there are THOUSANDS of pigeons. I HATE birds with a passion and especially hate pigeons because they try to steal your food and they beg and walk in my way on the streets. So anyway, thousands of pigeons. Needless to say, I was freaking out. And these guys on the street would try to give you bird food and if you didn't take any, they would throw it at you so the birds would swarm around you. It was SOOO scary!!! One hit my EAR! And a bunch of others were all under my feet. OMG i hate birds so it was horrible! But it was actually really hilarious too because it was so different than anything I'd ever experienced. But yea... interesting! lol
After the Duomo, we tried to go see The Last Supper painting but it turns out you actually DO need reservations to see it! (The books all said the same thing about David and other things in Florence and that all worked out fine but not this one) So that was a bummer but oh well. We did some shopping, saw the Prada and Gucci stores, looked at other expensive places, etc. It was a fun day even though we didn't have much of a game plan.
Later, we went to dinner at this nice little place down the street from our hotel. They were putting extra tables together and one of the girls with us, Marta, grabbed an extra place setting. They asked if she was a waitress and she said yes so they gave her an apron and a pen and told her to take our orders! It started out as a joke but then they actually wound up doing NOTHING! SO ANNOYING! And then they just decided to like make up a check and say we each owed $13.50 which was much more than some people were expecting. It was just kind of sketchy so we made them write an itemized bill and realized that they were in fact ripping us off by charging us for too much water and stuff so yea. I guess they thought we were an easy target but HA! We proved them wrong :-P The food was really good though.
After dinner, we went back to the hotel and pre-gamed with $3 wine. Kind of a lame pregame though because SO many people were feeling sick and didn't want to drink :( We sang to Behrad at midnight because it was his birthday and then a bunch of us headed out. We tried to take him to a gay bar at first (I didn't want to cuz I thought that was mean for his 21st birthday) but we couldn't find it anyway. Then we tried to back track to this other place we saw but it wasn't really a bar.. just a sketchy cafe that had some alcohol. Then we tried to walk to this other place but people got frustrated and mad and it was just bad and annoying so we went back to the sketchy cafe and bought B some shots of grappa (basically nasty Italian grain alcohol) for his birthday. EWWW the guy behind the counter was being sketchy and hitting on me. First, he started off asking B which of us he was dating... "NONE just friends!" and then it went to "Well who are you sleeping with?!" and then it was like "She is pretty" and apparently got dirty from there. Eww I was really sketched out because he kept giving me really creepy looks and his tone makde it sound like he was being a perv. I felt like I needed a shower :( Gross!
After that, we just headed back to the hotel and crashed and headed back to Genoa.
When we got back to Genova, we got to chill for a few minutes at the hotel and then we went to a soccer game! Palerma vs Sampdomia (or something like that) which is a team from Genoa! Of course we cheered for them! But they lost lol the Palerma team had PINK jerseys on! SO WEIRD! They looked like their white shirts had just been washed with a red sock. They just needed some bleach :-P But yea it was a fun time. Outside the stadium, everyone was drinking and hanging out and joking around. Then we went in and it wasn't too crazy but the fans were loud. I wish I could understand what they were saying though! I bet it was bad :-P
But anyway... it was fun and things are good here :-) hope everyone is doing well at home!
I get home the 22nd so everyone get excited to see me! :-P I really want to eat a bacon cheeseburger :-P I miss eating meat! All I eat here is pasta and pizza, which I love, but now I'm starting to crave other stuff. So... big eating party when I get home! And then LOTS AND LOTS of gym time ;-P
Love to everyone! <3
A presto (see you soon)
ADDENDUM: I forgot to say this... we had MALE MODELS staying in the same hotel as us! They were cute but obviously arrogant and a little too "three hours in front of a mirror"-ish lol But it was amusing that they were there. I wanted Krissie to go talk to them because she is looking for a husband ;-)
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