weekend

On Saturday our "suburb", Sant'Agostino, has very large markets. The type selling cheeses, fresh fish, fruit and vegetables as well as a lot of clothing, shoes, beauty and kitchen accessories.
It turns out that the markets couldg et even MORE exciting! The lovely Thomas Nuspl surprised me by flying in from Vienna for 4 days to visit me and be there for my birthday. He arranged a few things and found me with the help of my sneaky roommate!
His plan turned out quite perfectly in my opinion as I had no plans for the weekend and we were able to hang out pretty much the whole time. So after the markets and a quick tour of my uni, us three had lunch at CioccolatItaliani. I took this picture for you, dad (although I'm sure some others might appreciate it):



Il piatto "degustazione" della Gelateria- 5 gusti di gelati diversi, a base di cioccolato e/o nocciole. Una vera delizia che potresti pubblicizzare anche tu con quelle coppette a 4 gusti...?

We also had an amazing slice of chocolate cake and some chocolate mousse. Mary and I proceeded with "dessert" - a modest gelato cup ;)

On Saturday afternoon we went for a touristy walk around the centre, from the Castle and Parco Sempione, leading up to the Galleria and Duomo.



MJ and I were, of course, a team of fantastic navigators: she found out where on Earth we were, I carried the map.



In the evening, we carried a famished Austrian to Slice, a fantastic place for aperitivo in zona Navigli, where the ~30 min wait was more than worth the dinner. We then had very cheap coffee & Baileys, and a free Sambuca shot thanks to a foolish bar tender. A glass of wine, and then we went clubbing.

On Sunday we went along Corso Buenos Aires for some (window) shopping and in the evening had an extremely relaxing dinner at home with chilled music, followed by chocolate and a movie.

Monday was also a special day, and it was nice to hear from lots of family and friends. Tom and I visited the Duomo. On our way to Abercrombie & Fitch (~200m away), we counted a few dozen people holding bags of this brand; getting to the place, the line to get in the place was longer than what you'd see outside a Northbridge club on a Saturday night. So, Abercrombie trip postponed.
We went instead to the Cimitero Monumentale, a cemetry where numerous famous personalities are buried, but managed to pick the only day it was closed :(
For lunch we tried the famous Milanese panzerotti - a sort of fried calzone with sweet pastry.
In the evening I went to a nice pizzeria near our apartment with a few friends, and then to do some Latin dancing.

On Tuesday I had to let Tom return home, but the nutella crepe we enjoyed after lunch made our "hasta la vista" a bit sweeter.