Yes, Yes, I know. The award for the world's worst blogger goes to me. This is what happens when you have too much fun and not enough internet access. Well worry not, I have a zillion more pictures to fill up your dull American lives. How about a bit of ITALY!
My roommate Anna, our friend Bri and I took an over night train to Milan. This is where our journey begins:
Our luxurious hotel erm train bed
Stepping off onto Italian soil
Inside the station at Milan
From our taxi, this is the Milan train station
When we arrived at our hostel, they spoke NO english, so we got creative and used Google Translate. Thank God for Google.
Enjoying our free cappuccinos and sweet roles in the hostel kitchen
View from our hostel
Look our room had a skeleton key!
Isn't this the cutest little room?
Then we hopped the metro to downtown Milan
Met up with our Italian "guides" (Brothers Armando and Luigi)
That's the Duomo
You can literally hold out your am to summon pigeons outside the Duomo Piazza
The Duomo was one of the prettiest cathedrals I have ever been in.
This man is beatified (aka on his way to sainthood). He died in 1893 but notice his body, skin etc is still intact. Amazing. They put a silver mask on him so the face isn't so gruesome.
The church is super huge. I wish I had more pictures but we technically aren't supposed to take any. I'm just a bad egg is all.
One of the first inside malls from the late 1800s
Oops. Summoned a pigeon.
Even statues accidentally summon pigeons here.
Thank the Lord the pigeons take baths...
Trolleycar! Am I in San Francisco?
Purdy buildings
Those jars of Nutella in this cafe are bigger than that guy's head...
This is the castle of the famous patron of Leonard di Vinci (the Duke of Milan)
And outside the castle was a Celt fest?
Totally not an abnormal scene...
Wait...when did we go to Berlin? Nope, still in Milan.
Let's go see Sister Act! (you don't know how many times I tried to get a picture of this moving poster...)
The Duomo at night
A weird seance circle or something.
My first Italian food...IT WAS SO GOOD.
And the sugar packets had Winston Churchill?
And other various famous dead people.
When in Milan...go to an Irish pub?
At the Irish Pub
MUST TAKE A PICTURE OF EVERYTHING THAT SAYS BIANCHI
This is the Church where Leonardo di Vinci painted the Last Supper. Needless to say, tickets were sold out. Of course.
Cute lil witches in preparation for Halloween.
A wedding!
I wanted to steal this little girl so badly. She blew me a kiss and followed me around. AHHHH.
EVERYONE in Italy dresses up their dogs. Not necessary.
Gigi's twin haha
Leonardo di Vinci painted this ceiling. It's super intricate.
Want some ham?
I promise we're having a good time!
They made a leaf in my cappuccino!
Gone!
What exactly IS a crazy drink?
Goodbye to Milan and onto VENICE!
So on the way to Venice, I got separated from my travel buddies and may or may not have gotten off the train at the wrong stop. No big deal. We finally met up again in Venice after nightfall. Let me tell you, not knowing where you're going in Venice at night is not pleasant. It's very easy to get lost and when you're hungry and tired everything is scary. Let's start with daytime then, shall we?
This was our hostel in Venice.
The "street" our hostel was off of.
Gondolas!
Masks are a big thing.
This is my friend.
Boys playing soccer. How cute!
BIANCHI!
We had wine with our lunch. It was delicious.
This little girl is named Emma and she is 4. We met her and her family at lunch. They're from Austria so naturally I talked to her in German.
This is for my friend Jordan. She's getting married in April and her new name will be Albergo!
We took a gondola ride. So worth it.
I look dashing
That's my boat. I only buy the best.
Thanks Gondoleer man!
A line of Asians in gondolas!
Did I mention it's Halloween?
I want this in my house. All of it. Very classy.
Live band? ok.
Goodbye Venice. You're quite beautiful and I hope to come back to you and Milan someday!
