So catching up on last weekend…Hannah, Kristen, Maddie, and I went to Milan and Lake Como. Friday morning we caught a 7:30 train to Milan. When we got there we took the metro to the middle of the city and the station was right in front of Milan’s huge Duomo. The Duomo was absolutely gorgeous and very medieval looking which was really cool. My first impression of the city wasn’t the best because it was really smoggy and there were people smoking everywhere. Although we did sit at a famous coffee shop on the corner of one of the big designer shopping centers for about an hour, which was really cool. Milan is awesome for people watching and seeing fashion haha. There were seriously designer stores on every corner and giant flat screen tvs on many of the buildings showing the latest fashion. It was crazy!
That night we took an hour train to Como. We walked around there for awhile before catching an hour long ferry to a little city called Menaggio. It was a really small and quiet city. Almost kind of creepy since there didn’t seem to be anyone around and especially because the rest of Italy is so lively at night. We found a really cute litte restaurant though and ended up having dinner and dessert there before checking in to our first hostel! What an experience hahha. It wasn’t too bad because the girls and I reserved our own room, that way we didn’t have any creepy people sleeping next to us haha. The entire hostel reminded me so much of summer camp! We all slept on little red bunk beds and the tables in the kitchen and outside were picnic tables. When we first got to our hostel there was a giant spider on the door handle…but thankfully we didn’t see anymore after that haha. The next morning was absolutely gorgeous. Our room was on the 3rd floor and the window looked out over Lake Como and the Alps. It was a great view to wake up to! We got an early start so that we could do one of the nearby hikes. We took a bus up to the start of the hike and just walked through all of these huge trees in this forest area up to a little church dedicated to the different world wars. On the way we passed German World War I trenches. That was soo crazy. Apparently the soldiers in those trenches kept people from fleeing into Switzerland who was neutral. The whole day seemed to fly by…as usual haha. Time is a serious issue here hahah every week in Italy goes by way too fast and the weekends are even faster. I’m just trying to soak up as much as possible and enjoy every minute of it…so far so good hahah :P
During the week nothing very eventful happens except for school and the girls and I making pasta for every meal but this last Tuesday was kind of exciting. The morning started with my cooking class. It was fantastic like always hahah mainly because we cook amazing food and then get to eat it. We made vegetable broth, risotto, vegetable soup, polenta, and a berry tart….so delish! But the eventful part is that the oven mitt I was wearing was huge on my hand. And while I was stirring the risotto the mitt managed to reach all the way down to the burner. So I started smelling something burning and quickly realized my oven mitt was on fire! Luckily it had just started so it wasn’t like flaming or anything haha. So I pulled my hand out not realizing what was happening and handed it to the girl next to me who said “wow it really was on fire!” haha Another crazy experience!
That night our cooking class went out to dinner together. About 8 of us showed up and it was one of the best meals I have ever had. I was really excited because it was the first time I have actually had a real Italian sit down that included all of the courses. Most Italians go to dinner around 9ish…so that’s what time our teacher had us meet up. We ate bread and talked for the first 45minutes and then all of the courses started coming out after that. Dinner lasted until midnight and all of us felt like we were going to have to be rolled out of the restaurant! The courses were:
Antipasti- spinach and ricotta rolled in meat, fried asparagus, barley with shrimp, and salmon covered in green sauce
Primi- an amazing risotto
Main Course- sausage, green peas and prosciutto, potatoes, and after a little while they brought out steak covered in parmesan.
Dessert- tiramisu!!!
After dessert the waiter offered us all coffee, grappa, and limoncello. None of us were hungry for more but he decided the men needed grappa and the women needed limoncello so he brought them out anyway. It was such an awesome meal and really neat because everyone at the table had so much time to talk and get to know each other which will only make Tuesday mornings even more fun!
Okay last but not least. Yesterday all of us roomies celebrated Katie’s 21st Birthday!!! She actually turns 21 on Sunday but she will be with her boyfriend in Cortona, and 3 of the other roommates are going to the French Riviera. So Katie picked a restaurant that had been recommended by one of her teachers. Once again our meal was very long! The waiters were so funny and really cute to Katie because we told them it was her birthday. All of us had big smiles on our faces the whole night and kept laughing…but that’s pretty common for everyday in Italy. I think we all have so much fun being together and we’re always cracking up about something ridiculous! Anyway, we got crème brulee and the waiters turned off the house lights, put a candle in her dessert, and sang happy birthday in English. It was seriously the cutest thing! After that we headed back to the apartment and had birthday pie, Katie’s favorite, which we got from an American dessert place here. It was such a fun night and it makes me so happy when all 6 of us roommates are together. I don’t know how I lucked out so much but I feel like I ended up with the sweetest most loving roommates. They all play a huge part in my Italy experience and I don’t think it would be half as amazing without all of them! Sentimental I know…but totally the truth haha
Okay im done with the catching up for now and I will write about Venice after I see it tomorrow!!!
Ciao Caio :)
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