Blogs from Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe - page 3

Inebriated, I fall into bed at 1:00 am on Friday morning, the 22nd of June. An hour and a half later, I am awakened by the anemic tink of my alarm clock. Time to rise, time to shine, the trip is about to begin. Scarf breakfast, grab bags, descend stairs, pile into car. It’s a rather small car and there are five of us. Marcello’s sister gets shotgun since he’s driving. So I squeeze in back with Vinnie and Julie. At least I get a window. I spend the roughly two and half hour drive to Venice trying to reclaim sleep. Not happening.Too cramped, too much Portuguese rattling around the interior. Shortly before 6 am, we arrive at Venezia Mestre, the main train station. The train leaves at 6:35.... read more

Saturday 23 June, 2012 Venice to Milan On the move again! I easily made my way through the narrow streets with suitcase to Rialto water terminal. Having already done this trip a number of times now, I had worked out the best route without too many stairs (bridges). I only had one bridge to cross, so not too bad at all. I had pre booked and paid my ticket on the fast train to Milan before I left home. It was a good trip and I was amazed at how fast the train goes. Someone told me it can go up to 280 km per hour. We passed through some lush countryside close to the lakes and mountains of northern Italy. There were some quaint towns along the way, including the town ... read more

Hey! So we caught our train from Rome to Milan and then had to do a few things. We ended up missing our train to Zurich so now we are now waiting for our next train. We decided not to stop in Zurich and we will be continuing on to Interlaken where we will be doing our sky diving on Friday. Hopefully going to do some mountain bike riding tomorrow too!! AJ... read more

I didn’t really get to see the whole of the Brera Art Gallery the first time I went around so again I went. It was just as if not more interesting the second time than the first, I was too tired to truly focus on the art when I was there the first time. When I came back from the art gallery it was lunch time and I ate a simple sandwich platter and I went to the hotel restaurant for dinner.... read more

I went to the gym again today, I woke up at 6:40am and went for a walk out on the streets to get some fresh air and wake myself up. When I came back it was 7:00am and I had a cool shower before I got changed into my gym clothes and left. When I got to the gym it was nearly empty apart from a few people who looked they came here every morning, I started on the treadmill and then worked from there. It was afternoon before I came back to my room. I was so bored so out I went again and ate at a restaurant, it was quite nice. But I went back to my room after and retired to my bed for an early night sleep at 6:59pm.... read more

After my long night out I woke up late around 2:11pm, I felt absolutely terrible. I needed first of all to get some fresh air so I crawled out of bed and out onto the balcony, I heard the rush of traffic and felt the warm afternoon sun on my face, I ordered some sandwiches and then decided that I need to get some exercise. I hadn’t done any real exercise since before I left for this holiday; I felt the need to work off last night’s clubbing so I decided to try out the hotel’s gym and then go for a swim after. img=http://i1.bookcdn.com/data/Photos/LargePhoto2/104/10426/10426792/Hotel-Principe-Di-Savoia-photos-Facilities-Club-10---Gym-at-Hotel-Principe-di-Savoia.JPEG At 2:30pm I was ready and went down to the gym, it was not that large but it certainly did help me to get some exercise. I was really hot after ... read more

Today I slept in again and decided to go to the Navigli District again; I woke up at 10:00am and was thinking that I would have a big night instead of doing something big during the day. I got dressed and went downstairs and decided to go out to have breakfast. I walked along until I saw a little café that sold muffins, pancakes, coffee and other breakfast meals. I was so hungry I had been walking for a while before I found this café; I had a blueberry muffin and a large Americano coffee to go. I kept on walking just enjoying the fresh air and the interesting people, I admired the view that I got from looking around but when it turned 12:35 I started heading back. I was a little tired from my ... read more

Today I decided not to go anyplace that I had planned for, I woke up around 9:43am and thought that I would just go out and see whatever I come across and explore Milan with no guide. I ordered a healthy low-fat smoothie with fried eggs and toast. I left the hotel at 10:00am and headed out towards the shops. I had some money I had saved up for this trip and went shopping; I was trying to look for a shop that didn’t sell designer brands but I guess that’s my fault for having a holiday in the fashion capitol. At one store I found a shirt that looked half decent but it still cost 129 Euros! After shopping around I went to this little restaurant that the name was in Italian but they had ... read more