Weekend in Milan - Day 1

Luey and I made it to Milan! We also found our way to Noemi and Paolo's house without too many problems. Once we got the GPS to work in our car and gained an understanding of the toll booths and street signs, we were on our way.

We arrived to a beautiful meal of trofia pasta with pesto, a spread of meats and cheeses with bread. It was perfect.

We went out for an evening walk around Milan. We saw the Duomo at night (in the rain) but it quickly became a downpour! We hadn't taken any umbrellas with us so we were soaked. To top it off, I found out that it is next to impossible to walk on wet marble sidewalks with flip flops on! I was hydro-planing all over the place and almost dragged Luey down to her knees to save myself from falling. I am still sorry about that!

Before the rains came we had what Noemi and Paolo said was the best gelato in Milan. We ordered Baci flavored Gelato with this fantastic whip cream on top (Luey had a bit too much if you ask me...you decide for yourself).



After we survived the rain storm, we headed to a pizza place (L'Universo) and met some of Noemi and Paolo's friends out. The pizza was fantastic! Thin sliced, wood fired pizza. They tasted so great because the cheese was so freaking good. The Buffa Mozzarella had such a good taste...nothing like the tasteless mozarella I'm used to picking up in the grocery at home.



Their friends were so great! Alberto, his wife Alline (she's from Brazil originally but has been in Milan for about 4 years now), their daughter (4 mos old) Nora and then N&P's other friend Martina. She's a trapeze artist who lives in Barcelona, but she and Noemi grew up together here in Milan. I believe Martina also visited Texas for a while when Noemi knew Luey as an exchange student.

Luey and I had not slept on the flights over, so we were working on about 36 hours of being awake straight after pizza. We were pretty beat. That's one way to make yourself adjust to their clock! We crashed and slept like babies the first night.

I'll post about Day 2 shortly.

Ciao!