Day 5 – Milan
at 6.29pmToday was not the nicest day so far but nonetheless was quite productive – we managed to book all our train journeys up to Rome.
Most of the day was spent on the train, from Cannes to Nice and then Nice to Milan – about 6 hours in total. Once at Milan we were very lost in the station which is about the size of Paddington, if not bigger. Eventually some Americans helped us out to find the ticket office and the tube.
Once in the tube station a man sent us the wrong way on the tube line so we had to some back! I think the people here could learn a thing or two with regards to user-friendliness from the London underground. Once in ‘Zara’, the area our hotel was in, our instructions stopped and we were stuck in, it has to be said, not a very nice part of town with no Italian skills to speak of.
Eventually we met a couple who spoke English and had lived in London. They brought us right to the door of the hostel. Who knows what we would have done without them!
The hostel is nice with a very large room. Aside from the crazy Chinese woman who appears to be in charge the inside of the room is probably the nicest part we have seen of Milan.
With a little wandering without a map, no money (the crazy Chinese woman insisted we pay in cash) and no cash machine we failed to find the centre and anywhere to eat. Eventually we settled for an America-style steak restaurant – not very Italian but when all you’ve eaten is a piece of dry baguette for breakfast you don’t mind quite so much. Interlaken tomorrow – we can’t wait!