Milano !

Today we got our asses up around 5am to catch a flight to Milano! (Our jetlag now would be totally messed up for the rest of the trip. We took a shuttle from the airport.) Yay, Easy Jet! It’s pretty cheap to fly within Europe on the Easy Jet.

We took a shuttle to the train station which is located close to our hotel in the Financial District.


We got in around 12pm, and decided to take a nap. Bad idea. We slept until 2pm! We decided to walk around quadralateral square where all the high-end shopping is. On our way there, we stopped by a random café with a disgusting bathroom. We ordered some crappy pizza. At this point we thought it was because we didn’t research on where to eat so perhaps we just happened to pick a crappy café.



Afterwards, we walked to the D’uomo. We checked out the church there and went into this creepy dark room, where the body of a Cardinal from 1854 lay. That is nuts. He was in a glass casket. It was too creepy down there for me so I jetted out of there. (Yes, I believe in ghosts but that is a whole other story). Raf was thinking of taking a picture but I said no because I didn’t want to see what would end up in the photo – you know like those scary white blurs that are meant to be ghosts!

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How is this supposed to make you feel safe and at home in a church?


Across from the D’uomo is another huge, famous shopping area full of some high-end shops, and restaurants. The surrounding area had more of the more affordable shops like Mango and Zara. We did a lot of window shopping to say the least. J

You know I have to squeeze in one of these shots when I visit a new place!


Random art piece in an apartment complex


Did you know they have an Armani MALL here? Look, it even has Nobu!


Armani Home! I don’t think we have that here… ? Black and red, just for me!


Dolce & Gabbana




This whole building is Versace.


We did a crapload of walking today, and I was famished. On our way home, we stopped by another random café for a salami sandwich. It was good but nothing amazing. In Italy in all the cafes, around a certain time in the afternoon/evening they bring out all these appetizers – chacuerie, tomatoes, veggies, olives, etc. It is there version of aperitif. Many people walk in and grab a plate, buffet style, and order a drink, or dessert. Stupid us didn’t take a picture again!

We went back to the hotel to relax our feet. After a recommendation from the front desk, we checked out Giannino restaurant close by. Milanese food, specifically, was banned in the 80s (don’t know how that happens). Traditional Milanese food finally had a comeback – Milanese risotto in particular, is a very popular and traditional dish to order here.

Milanese Risotto and fried veal. The food here was very well prepared, but both dishes were kinda bland. We saw what other people ordered like heaping plates of seafood that looked really delicious.


Since neither of speak any Italian besides Grazie, Raf spoke both Spanish and English. So far, everyone we spoke to knew English. Italian is pretty similar to Spanish – I think if you speak Spanish like you are singing a song and wave your hands all around, you should be able to get by. Hahahah! Russell Peters was so right about Italians using their hands to speak.