So we're here in Milan after a few days in Cannes with Lisa and Jules, and Janet, Chris & Lucy.
Lucy Knox & I arrived at Rue Louis Perrissol on Weds evening, 20th August, after the wedding of the year, and packing up Abbeville Road. It was a stressful couple of days, but we got everything sorted, we think. All went by in a bit of a blur, so we hope that everything is sorted. Couple of last things to sort out, but we always had in the back of our mind that we would be back in the UK in a couple of weeks. It was a teary farewell to Susi as our cab arrived. We'd managed to have a cheeky beer in the Abbeville. Its nice being off during the day and popping to the pub.
Thursday was our first day on honeymoon, so after a quick trip to Vival (such a shame that the previous owners have gone) we went down to the Croisette to meet Cav for a coffee-she was out with work, and taking calls about organising an event out there for October. Not missing that at all. Jules and Lisa arrived shortly afterwards, and after some lunch on the terrace, its down to Plage Midi for the afternoon. As usual with Lisa & Jules, booze was soon on the menu - nice drop of Kir Royale on the terrace, and then off to Mi Figue Mi Raisin for supper. Mesa & Phillippe bought us a bottle for our wedding. Bless them. The night went on until the morning — 6:15am finish set us up nicely for feeling dreadful the next day, so it was back to midi plage for more €11 loungers. L&J left at about 530pm, which gave us a couple of hours on our own until the Ibbott's arrived. Just enough time to paint the damp wall, and get some beers in the fridge. Their plane was a bit late, so we were ready for them with chilled beers. We had quick wander around Cannes to show them the basics, and stopped off for a pizza. Chris also took the bait of going to Monaco the next day, so we were a bit closer to Milan. Heh heh heh.
The house seemed to cope with baby Lucy staying over. J&C had a great inflatable tent style thingy for her to sleep in, so we happily shut them in the bedroom, and we took up the sofa bed. Up quite early the next day, and off to Monaco. It was bloomin hot and the tunnel was closed, so we couldn't do the proper tour of the Grand Prix circuit. Still we still did the walk around the casino and down to the harbour, and after a spot of lunch, Luce Sr and I were off to the station. It was kinda exciting, but also a bit of a shame, as we would have liked to spend more time in Cannes - still we will be back in a week or so.
We'd been told by a couple of people that Milan wasn't all that, so our expectations were low. The train was a bit long and dull — nice to start with along the French, then Italian coasts — good scenery. Then it got packed with dozens of Africans coming back from selling their copy-wares on the beach to unsuspecting tourists. We had a compartment shared with 2 other Italian girls, and then 2 more Italians joined us, and provided some mild entertainment as well as some BO. Luce hadn't bothered print off directions to the hotel, so after a little hunting around, we eventually found a chap who could provide us with a map, and at least an idea of the street that we were looking for. We made it to Hotel Montebianco eventually. It's a little way out of town, but very nice, and Claudio on reception sent us off for a pizza.
We're not far from San Siro stadium, so our day started there today. Ticket touts were already out selling for tonight's game against Roma. Might have been quite up for that if it weren't for budget! Its very imposing stadium, lots of concrete. Reminded me of Bernabeu. Bit of a hike out to it and back to the metro, which took us to Il Duomo. A magnificent building, which looked great in the sunshine. I'd forgotten that last time I was here it rained endlessly. The weather made it much nicer to wander around, even though as its Sunday almost everything is closed. There is a great department store though, and a nice signorita in the optician department kindly mended my sunglasses gratis. There was also a very helpful signorita in the tourist info, who sorted us out with all the info that we needed to get to Como for tomorrow, and the airport on Tuesday. So it didn't matter that we didn't find an internet cafe, although we do still need to locate somewhere in Valencia where we can get the next dose of our jabs for further afield. After a good mooch around the park, and a really nice street (were anything long it open) called Corso Garibaldi, we stopped for a quick beer and then had to head to the hotel for a nap.
Tonight, we're going to head back into Central Milan to try and find some pasta for supper, and then its off to Como. It feels like we have seen pretty much all of what Milan has to offer, so looking forward to day trip tomorrow, and then off on Tuesday for some more pool action in Valencia....
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