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Friday, June 10, 2011

Milan

Well the day started off on the wrong foot, but it's turned out pretty well.
:)

I woke up super early this morning to check out of the Yellow because I planned on grabbing breakfast there to before I headed to the main station. Well I got up before they start serving breakfast (7 30, yea that's pretty early for me) and instead of waiting I decided to just head to the main station and grab breaky. That's not so bad, I sat down and had my coffee and chilled for an hour or so since my train wasn't until 9 15.

Then about twenty to nine I started wandering towards the platform and then I looked at my ticket and realized it was booked for Sunday. Awesome. This would be one of the ones I booked in Berlin with the lady who didn't speak English. I thought I double-checked the dates when she handed them to me, apparently I missed one though.

So then I started running around. I went to one place to see if I could change the ticket and they sent me somewhere else. Then I went to another place to see if I could change my ticket, and they sent me somewhere else. And that line up was loooonnnnnggggg. So I totally missed the train I had planned on taking, and after waiting in line for an hour, I had to get a whole new ticket. Thankfully with my rail pass, they are only 10 euros instead of 91. That would have sucked.

Anyway so I was then to get on the next train at 10 15. Well it was 10 05 when I booked my ticket and I kind of had to run through the terminal to reach my platform at the other end. And then what do ya know but my car happened to be number 11. The last one, at the far end of the platform. More running.

Once getting to my seat though (which someone was in but they moved this time, yay!) I collapsed and was starting to feel less frustrated. The whole running around for the ticket thing at nine in the morning after only one cup of coffee (It's part of sticking to a budget) had me pretty frustrated at the time.

Once getting to Milan, which was really only an hour later than I planned at 2 in the afternoon, I felt a little lost.

The terminal was a little confusing, and the metro was a little confusing as well. But I did eventually find my way onto the right train, to the right stop, and then onto the next train. When I made it to my stop though, I wasn't really sure where to go. The directions from the hostel site said to get out at the QT8 stop and then the hostel was about a five minute walk from there. Didn't say which direction though. Thankfully I guessed this one right and was at the hostel in five minutes.

Though by this time I was pretty gross from my travels, and I hadn't eaten all day so I might have been a little grumpy.

Since I have had supper in me, and a good shower to wash everything off me though, I've been feeling much better. :)

The mirrors in the ladies washroom are really high by the way. I can't see in it. And the only other mirror is in the hallway. I'm almost one hundred per cent sure I will be sitting in the hallway to do my make up or hair at one point, but until then I will continue standing on a chair in the bathroom.
Good times.

Tomorrow I plan on doing some high end window shopping! Possibly off to see the Duomo to, gothic architecture, should be cool.

Also, I'm uploading all my photos as fast I can. They really don't want to be uploaded though.

Peace&Love
Chow

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