Blogs from Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe - page 46

Milan, Italy: First of all, Milan is a much larger city than I expected, and because of its location much farther inland than other Italian cities, it is also much hotter with significantly more humidity. The train station is incredibly large and intimidating when you first arrive in the city, but you immediately can recognize that you are in the fashion capital of the world. Dolce & Gabbana advertisements line the walls of the station, and everyone is dressed to the T. But we only had one night in Milan, and we were planning on a 7am departure for Nice so that we could get to St. Tropez by 4 or 5 in the afternoon. If we waited any later, we wouldn’t get into our hotel in St. Tropez until almost 9pm. We checked into our ... read more

Kane Got to Sweden on Sunday arvo. Helped Martins bro Jesper finish his sound booth. Went to Leksand on Monday nite and played paintball. Fun. Started driving on Friday arvo. Stayed Friday nite just outside of Helsingborg. Sat morn went to Copenhagen. CARLSBERG BREWERY! Walked round all day then found a pub to watch Sweden v Trinadad & Tobago. Ran out of fuel on the way to Rodby. Sun morn caught the ferry to Puttgarden and started the trek to Switzerland. Arrived just outside of Zurich about 2 am Mon morn. Spent Mon in Zurich. Watched Aus beat Japan in a stadium made for the World Cup. Got pretty tanked. D started driving towards Luzern at about 10.30pm. Got pulled over by the cops about half hour up the road. We didnt have a motor way ... read more

How can I (Andrew) describe this meal? I didn't think we could possibly out do the meal our first night in Italy but we did. Paolo and Bronia took us to a little restaurant in downtown Milan where the chef grows and raises all his own vegetables, poultry and meat. They make their own butter right there on the spot along with everything else on the menu. There's about 12 tables and when you reserve one you have it for the entire night. The menu is limited, but that's only because there's nothing on it except for what was picked from the garden or made fresh that day. We started with an incredible antipasti mix of fresh prosciutto, lardo, bresciola, speck, anchoives and herring. I like anchoives and herring, a little, but I never thought I'd ... read more

This is really the same entry as the previous one but I felt since it describes our first dinner in Italy it deserves it's own space. Throughout all my travels the company has always been the highlight in every country, then the sights - both natural and man made. But here in Italy the food can take precedence over everything else - even when the alps are in the background or Roman ruins are around the corner. Our first night did not dissapoint. We met our friends Paolo and Bronia at their home, just in time to see the end of the U.S.'s humiliation against the Czech Republic. I took it out on Paolo's kids, Rafael 10, Yoshco 8, and Tomase 6, by demolishing them in fusball. Actually, Tomase and I were tied 9 - 9 ... read more

Hello All! We have made the long trek over the ocean, through Amsterdam and arrived last night in Milan. The hotel Demo is only two blocks from the train station, which was nice. The bus to Milan was like arriving in Cancun going to Playa, but in Italy. (Tary, I thought you would appreciate that). We are off today to Vicenza on Moraldo's (restaurant outside of Big Fork)recommendation. Hope all is well at home. Love Kim TA here - okay can I just say that the plane ride took FOREVER, the plane was cramped, my legs swelled and for about 8 hours I could not move! The neck pillow Kim bought me was DEFETIVE! The doohickey that holds the air in kept popping out. Thank gawd for Debeàs DUCT TAPE (and to think, I laughed about ... read more