Milan

it's been a while since i last wrote here.
at least i feel like it's been a while.

over the weekend, i was in Milan to meet up with tita amaya. she was there for the MACEF, some design fair for home stuff, jewelries, furniture, etc. the night before my train to Milan, i was rushing to find someone to host me. i sent a couple of requests in the afternoon and then attended a surprise party for one of the indians. after having a couple of drinks, i did my ninja exit in order to send more requests. i slept with no luck in receiving any positive responses from CS. good thing i got one in the morning. a great host even! i couldn't imagine what i would have done, i wasn't really in the mood to book a hostel. maybe, i wouldnt have gone.

so i thought i was all ready, although i had that feeling i made a mistake. i left h.gladys with roby after eating lunch with him and his friends in the mensa. then, i walked briskly to the train station. rode the train which was unusually early...here is where i made a mistake. too early! it was on the way to milan but a more expensive train. so, i had to pay in the train...i didn't have cash! good thing i brought my debit card...stupidity charged to experience...

Milan was nothing great. i felt stressed out. the hectic life with all the buildings, traffic, ugly graffiti, too many filipinos, etc. one time, coming home from the fair, one car of the metro had only filipinos in it. wew. MRT??? but then again, it had that new york vibe and after a few days, it was beginning to grow on me. plus it has the best gelato i have tasted! Chocolat! via Boccaccio, 9!near the cadorna stop...do try it, whoever is reading this.

the fair itself was amazing. stuff from all over the world were showed for distributors...every day, i was there instead of actually exploring Milan. 3 days and i did not finish all the halls... oh and don't worry, Milan supposedly is explored in less than half a day since there is not much to see but the duomo.

oh yeah, during the first night in milan, i went to navigli with my host and we sat down in one restaurant where you pay 7 euros for a drink and eat all the food you can...we already went ahead with the eating since the service was taking too long...after a while, still, no drink...an hour after, the order came but a wrong one...we walked out. and then shouting and confrontations took place...everything in italian..haha. i did not know what to do. still we walked away full from the food but very thirsty.

goes and wanders