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Giorno de Vacanza 35

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Monday, we stayed in for the evening. Partly because my head *still* hurt, and partly because we had food we needed to cook. The apartment here may not have a couch (never gonna get past that), but it does have a sweet induction cooktop! So we whipped up some hamburger to go in our usual tortellini dish.

After a formal dinner in the stick-straight dining table chairs, we moved to the bean bags to binge watch The Alienist on Netflix. On the tiny TV. On the floor. In the corner. This apartment is just a strange amalgam of uber-modern and ‘we forgot everyday items’. But anyway, good show. Hope they give it a second season. I give it 4 Pastas. 🍝🍝🍝🍝

Giorno de Vacanza 18

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Ciao!

Today is Friday, June 1st and that means it is time to go to Milano! You may or may not know about Diesel Bear, my constant travel companion. He was the first gift Paul ever gave me, before we were even dating, and has become our mascot/pet/child. He goes on all our trips, near and far, and has a life of his own. No, really! His Twitter has 1400 followers, he has Instagram and Facebook, as well as his own blog (which is woefully behind). And of those 1400 Twitter followers, he likes to meet them when we travel. We met several of his furiends last summer when we were in Europe, and this summer was no exception! Two of his closest furiends had reason to be in Milan over the weekend, and with it only being a 2 hour train ride away, how could we not go see them?! So first thing Friday, we set off for the Bassano train station, made a connection through Venice, and arrived in Milan about 2pm.

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Our hotel was just a short, two block walk from the train station (the second biggest in Italy, behind Rome) and we were checked in and ready to meet Ted and Reddy by 3pm!

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Their hotel was also a few blocks away, and within about 10 minutes, we were greeting each other over beers in the hotel bar. Twitter bears love beer. #ItsFact

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After a few more beers, it was a warm day after all, we set out to explore a bit of Milan. Just a two mile walk from us was the Duomo, Milan’s iconic cathedral. The word huge doesn’t even begin to describe it.

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It was dinnertime on a Friday night, on a national holiday weekend, so we took a quick look around then found a pizza place for dinner. And more beers. It was delicious, which we knew it would be, as it had been recommended by yet another Twitter bear furiend. And it was on the Duomo piazza! #Convenient We made our way back to our friends’ hotel for a few more drinks, then said goodnight and walked the two blocks to our hotel. We were in a room on the 9th (top) floor, of this round hotel tower, and we had a balcony! The view wasn’t the most amazing, but we still felt special!

Giorno de Vacanza 15, 16 & 17

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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday-May 29, 30, 31st were pretty uneventful. I stayed at the AirBnB and did computer work, while Paul went to work. We ate at home, I did some laundry in preparation for our trip to Milan this coming week. That’s about all that happened.

This Saturday, June 2nd, is Republic Day here in Italy. Sort of their Independence Day. It is a national holiday, thus the reason we had a three day weekend in Milan planned. You can read about it here.

Ciao!