LAKE COMO!!!!)(*&^%$#^^&*
BLOG! Lake COMO!!
So micki and I got these eurrail passes for Christmas from our parents and since then we have been trying to use them to the ultimate MAX, so last weekend micki and I decided to take a trip to Lake Como. Now you guys all probably know this George Clooney has a villa here that he vacations too, I thought for sure we were going to see him… ehhh not so much. We take a super early train from Torino because we wanted to get there and kayak and bike and hike knowing that we only have one night here so we should take full advantage. So we get to Como around noon the same day and the sun is out the water is like crystal clear… and the view is amazing! We hop on a ferry from the station and get to hostel. Now the actual time spent trying to book this hostel was another mission in itself! I called the whole week before looking to see if there is openings for 5 girls to stay, the owner told me ‘no’ but he does have an apartment that’s a 20 minute walk away from the hostel. I cleared it with the girls they didn’t care so we told him that we would do that. After like 10 conversations on the phone with this guy… NOT KIDDING the night before I get an email from him saying that they have room for us in the hostel but we would have to split up… uhh FINE buddy! I’ll figure it out when I get there. So then we get to the hostel and this super nice girl checks us in and tells us all about this BBQ that they were having tonight for 10 euros and all the things it includes and then proceeds to tell us all about their American breakfast they serve in the morning… blah blah blah we pay for our room and tell her that we are willing to split up and then come to find that we are all in the same room… it was sooo funny! I honestly cannot tell you the amount of emails and conversations I had with this guy and it was all for nothing because he had room at the hostel… AHH WHATEVER! So we put our stuff down and go out and explore. Mickis friend Andrew keeps calling us because he is on his way to Como. His flight got canceled due to the volcano so he decided to go to Como for the night just like us, except him and his 3 other friends were planning on camping (keep this in mind). So us 5 girls are walking down the boardwalk, and it is SOOO beautiful! The flowers the water the boats.. ah gorgeous!
We all find this little café right on the water and drink wine and have a little mini apretivo, it was so nice. As we sit there and take in the sun we keep hearing English around us… it was WEIRD, when your used to listening a certain language for a long period of time you honestly think that you are the only American on the planet and that everyone else has NO clue what your talking about. But this family from Australia had like a million kids were sitting just like us. But their ids were crazy crying being loud… these kids aren’t like 2 years old either they are bigger! Anyways the whole time their kids were causing a fuss we all would look at each other and say, ‘sorry but at this moment in time… I am never having kids!’ hahahah as I glup my wine ☺. Then after daycare was over we decided to keep walking and see what else this town had, we took pictures along the way and laughed about certain things it was great. Now the weather started picking up and it started to become overcast. Now this is the first time in a LONG time that I am wearing shorts and the entire time I felt naked because my legs haven’t been exposed to sunlight in about a half a year… can you say casper the friendly ghost?!?! I almost thought my my legs looked clear… ew! So as we walk… we run into this miniature golf course… ok everyone knows I am a TERRIBLE golfer… the grass always goes further than my ball…but anyways, your probably thinking about the golf courses at home… the ones that have all the lights and the machines and ferris wheels, ya this was NOTHING like at home… when I say ghetto… you say ghetto, GHETTO hey ghetto hey! This was concrete golfing… now I am not a scientist or anything but if the surface is hard… wont your ball roll?? Blonde-1 Como-0. So we HAD to play because it looked so ridiculous, so we got our equipment and began to play… I got a hole in one on the first hole! Goooo meee!!! Hhaah but wait I spoke too soon. In the beginning we all were making a joke out of it, ‘4 paaarrrrr’ micki would hit the ball and it would go outside the course, Kelly would just whak it and say, ‘wait wait can I start over?’ it was a joke! These ‘putting greens’ had bumpers on them and we still managed to get them outside the bumpers… it was hilarious! We made up this rule that on the first hit that if it was a hard hole that we could have one retard shot (meaning one strike) but of course we called it a retard so onlookers kept hearing us say, ‘wait wait, can that be my retard!’ it was sooooo funny! Micki was up to hit on one hole and we had an Asian tour group watching us, we would all make fun of the sport and they would laugh at us. They literally stayed watching the game for like 3 holes… and if you odnt already k now this by now, we are HORRIBLE! It was great!
Then we set a trend DUH and now everyone was playing golf. We got lapped of course by this competitive steroid couple, but we continued to yell… 10 parrrr!!! We thought that this game was going to take a total of an hour maybe an hour and a half… 3 hours later we end up on the 18th hole and I got last! Woot woot! By the end we were getting competitive and restless because all we wanted to do was let the game be over!! It was so funny! When we finished the game Andrew and his friends walked up, it was perfect timing. We walked over to where the camp sight was… um can you say Italian trailer trash… does George Clooney seriously have a vacation house here because I see nothing special. So Andrew talks to the guy and the guy tells him that to set up your tent its going to be 8 euros a person… ummmm pitch in 8 more euros and you can have a bed with running water. But they wanted to camp and I give them props. After we found the sight we were all hungry (duh) so we find this café where we all had frozen pizza and watched blue crush in Italian.. now I knew all the words so I was saying the movie in English as it was playing in Italian to micki…it was fun! After our pizza I needed a nap… for the previous 2 days I hadn’t gotten a lot of sleep so I needed a nap desperately! So we got back to the hostel and I took a nap. When I woke up it was 8pm and it was time for the BBQ. I went downstairs to find Andrew and his friends (all from the USAC program) sitting altogether with micki, Kelly, and Caitlin drinking wine waiting for the food to come out. When I sat down I got some wine and started eating. Now again when you think of a BBQ you think hot dogs, hamburgers, ribs… haha ohh ya I’m in itlay… we got polenta and sausage and this meat thing and ‘grilled veggies’ there wasn’t even a BBQ in sight… not to mention the lack of seconds! Oh but wait I didn’t even give you the 411 on this hostel to begin with. When you walk in there’s a sign for everything… ’50 cents for a refill, within the hour,’ ‘1 euro for this, 2 euros for that,’ I’m not kidding they charged for EVERYTHING!!!! So when we asked for second on dinner just whatever they had the owner, another FREAK, cheapest MAN I have EVER MET, comes out and gives us this lecture about how we cant find a meal in italy with all the different courses for 10 euros… micki of course (god love her) say, ‘um YES you can!’ and of course I start laughing! Hahaha!
So then he goes back inside and the entire night we are joking about how cheap this hotel is and how many signs we can count, ah it was great. When the sunset the clouds rolled in and it began to rain… HAHAH and they were camping! So they waited until the rain would stop but for like 2 hours it FELL so hard… all we could do is shrug our shoulders and say… ‘well it will be an adventure for you guys!’ so after like 6 liters of wine (there were 9 of us) and Anthony jamming on his guitar we decided to call it a night and go to bed. The next morning we awoke to the lake but it was foggy and raining… uhh no kayaking, hiking, and or biking, so we decided to get ready and go and see the famous Bellagio Hotel, italy style! We went down for breakfast because we decided NOT to do the American breakfast because it was 5 euros for pancakes, eggs and bacon, totally happy I didn’t because it was just as lame as the BBQ, but heir idea of an ‘italian breakfast’ is old sliced of bread, butter, and jam… I am not KIDDING! and we couldn’t have coffee and juice we had to have one or the other… I took both because I was over it! And refills are 50 cents each! Can you freaking believe that!!! I felt like I was being charged to breathe… it was so weird! But when we got to the dock with all of our stuff and looked at the weather and saw where it was… it didn’t even seem worth it to go all the way over there and sit in a café and eat.. like we always do. So we all made the decision to go home to Torino because we all had a lot of work to catch up on. The night in Como was So fun! We took all the experiences and weird rules and made it fun! We all joke about it now, but I wouldn’t take it back for anything. The transportation home was like angels were guiding us through life… I don’t know if anyone had traveled in itlay by public transportation but EVERYTHING is ALWAYS LATE… but today everything and I mean everything was fantastic! We made all the trains in a matter of minutes and even when we got back to Torino the bus pulled up as we were walking out of the train station to take us home… it was an AMAZING travel day!
… next the Holy Shroud!...
So micki and I got these eurrail passes for Christmas from our parents and since then we have been trying to use them to the ultimate MAX, so last weekend micki and I decided to take a trip to Lake Como. Now you guys all probably know this George Clooney has a villa here that he vacations too, I thought for sure we were going to see him… ehhh not so much. We take a super early train from Torino because we wanted to get there and kayak and bike and hike knowing that we only have one night here so we should take full advantage. So we get to Como around noon the same day and the sun is out the water is like crystal clear… and the view is amazing! We hop on a ferry from the station and get to hostel. Now the actual time spent trying to book this hostel was another mission in itself! I called the whole week before looking to see if there is openings for 5 girls to stay, the owner told me ‘no’ but he does have an apartment that’s a 20 minute walk away from the hostel. I cleared it with the girls they didn’t care so we told him that we would do that. After like 10 conversations on the phone with this guy… NOT KIDDING the night before I get an email from him saying that they have room for us in the hostel but we would have to split up… uhh FINE buddy! I’ll figure it out when I get there. So then we get to the hostel and this super nice girl checks us in and tells us all about this BBQ that they were having tonight for 10 euros and all the things it includes and then proceeds to tell us all about their American breakfast they serve in the morning… blah blah blah we pay for our room and tell her that we are willing to split up and then come to find that we are all in the same room… it was sooo funny! I honestly cannot tell you the amount of emails and conversations I had with this guy and it was all for nothing because he had room at the hostel… AHH WHATEVER! So we put our stuff down and go out and explore. Mickis friend Andrew keeps calling us because he is on his way to Como. His flight got canceled due to the volcano so he decided to go to Como for the night just like us, except him and his 3 other friends were planning on camping (keep this in mind). So us 5 girls are walking down the boardwalk, and it is SOOO beautiful! The flowers the water the boats.. ah gorgeous!
We all find this little café right on the water and drink wine and have a little mini apretivo, it was so nice. As we sit there and take in the sun we keep hearing English around us… it was WEIRD, when your used to listening a certain language for a long period of time you honestly think that you are the only American on the planet and that everyone else has NO clue what your talking about. But this family from Australia had like a million kids were sitting just like us. But their ids were crazy crying being loud… these kids aren’t like 2 years old either they are bigger! Anyways the whole time their kids were causing a fuss we all would look at each other and say, ‘sorry but at this moment in time… I am never having kids!’ hahahah as I glup my wine ☺. Then after daycare was over we decided to keep walking and see what else this town had, we took pictures along the way and laughed about certain things it was great. Now the weather started picking up and it started to become overcast. Now this is the first time in a LONG time that I am wearing shorts and the entire time I felt naked because my legs haven’t been exposed to sunlight in about a half a year… can you say casper the friendly ghost?!?! I almost thought my my legs looked clear… ew! So as we walk… we run into this miniature golf course… ok everyone knows I am a TERRIBLE golfer… the grass always goes further than my ball…but anyways, your probably thinking about the golf courses at home… the ones that have all the lights and the machines and ferris wheels, ya this was NOTHING like at home… when I say ghetto… you say ghetto, GHETTO hey ghetto hey! This was concrete golfing… now I am not a scientist or anything but if the surface is hard… wont your ball roll?? Blonde-1 Como-0. So we HAD to play because it looked so ridiculous, so we got our equipment and began to play… I got a hole in one on the first hole! Goooo meee!!! Hhaah but wait I spoke too soon. In the beginning we all were making a joke out of it, ‘4 paaarrrrr’ micki would hit the ball and it would go outside the course, Kelly would just whak it and say, ‘wait wait can I start over?’ it was a joke! These ‘putting greens’ had bumpers on them and we still managed to get them outside the bumpers… it was hilarious! We made up this rule that on the first hit that if it was a hard hole that we could have one retard shot (meaning one strike) but of course we called it a retard so onlookers kept hearing us say, ‘wait wait, can that be my retard!’ it was sooooo funny! Micki was up to hit on one hole and we had an Asian tour group watching us, we would all make fun of the sport and they would laugh at us. They literally stayed watching the game for like 3 holes… and if you odnt already k now this by now, we are HORRIBLE! It was great!
Then we set a trend DUH and now everyone was playing golf. We got lapped of course by this competitive steroid couple, but we continued to yell… 10 parrrr!!! We thought that this game was going to take a total of an hour maybe an hour and a half… 3 hours later we end up on the 18th hole and I got last! Woot woot! By the end we were getting competitive and restless because all we wanted to do was let the game be over!! It was so funny! When we finished the game Andrew and his friends walked up, it was perfect timing. We walked over to where the camp sight was… um can you say Italian trailer trash… does George Clooney seriously have a vacation house here because I see nothing special. So Andrew talks to the guy and the guy tells him that to set up your tent its going to be 8 euros a person… ummmm pitch in 8 more euros and you can have a bed with running water. But they wanted to camp and I give them props. After we found the sight we were all hungry (duh) so we find this café where we all had frozen pizza and watched blue crush in Italian.. now I knew all the words so I was saying the movie in English as it was playing in Italian to micki…it was fun! After our pizza I needed a nap… for the previous 2 days I hadn’t gotten a lot of sleep so I needed a nap desperately! So we got back to the hostel and I took a nap. When I woke up it was 8pm and it was time for the BBQ. I went downstairs to find Andrew and his friends (all from the USAC program) sitting altogether with micki, Kelly, and Caitlin drinking wine waiting for the food to come out. When I sat down I got some wine and started eating. Now again when you think of a BBQ you think hot dogs, hamburgers, ribs… haha ohh ya I’m in itlay… we got polenta and sausage and this meat thing and ‘grilled veggies’ there wasn’t even a BBQ in sight… not to mention the lack of seconds! Oh but wait I didn’t even give you the 411 on this hostel to begin with. When you walk in there’s a sign for everything… ’50 cents for a refill, within the hour,’ ‘1 euro for this, 2 euros for that,’ I’m not kidding they charged for EVERYTHING!!!! So when we asked for second on dinner just whatever they had the owner, another FREAK, cheapest MAN I have EVER MET, comes out and gives us this lecture about how we cant find a meal in italy with all the different courses for 10 euros… micki of course (god love her) say, ‘um YES you can!’ and of course I start laughing! Hahaha!
So then he goes back inside and the entire night we are joking about how cheap this hotel is and how many signs we can count, ah it was great. When the sunset the clouds rolled in and it began to rain… HAHAH and they were camping! So they waited until the rain would stop but for like 2 hours it FELL so hard… all we could do is shrug our shoulders and say… ‘well it will be an adventure for you guys!’ so after like 6 liters of wine (there were 9 of us) and Anthony jamming on his guitar we decided to call it a night and go to bed. The next morning we awoke to the lake but it was foggy and raining… uhh no kayaking, hiking, and or biking, so we decided to get ready and go and see the famous Bellagio Hotel, italy style! We went down for breakfast because we decided NOT to do the American breakfast because it was 5 euros for pancakes, eggs and bacon, totally happy I didn’t because it was just as lame as the BBQ, but heir idea of an ‘italian breakfast’ is old sliced of bread, butter, and jam… I am not KIDDING! and we couldn’t have coffee and juice we had to have one or the other… I took both because I was over it! And refills are 50 cents each! Can you freaking believe that!!! I felt like I was being charged to breathe… it was so weird! But when we got to the dock with all of our stuff and looked at the weather and saw where it was… it didn’t even seem worth it to go all the way over there and sit in a café and eat.. like we always do. So we all made the decision to go home to Torino because we all had a lot of work to catch up on. The night in Como was So fun! We took all the experiences and weird rules and made it fun! We all joke about it now, but I wouldn’t take it back for anything. The transportation home was like angels were guiding us through life… I don’t know if anyone had traveled in itlay by public transportation but EVERYTHING is ALWAYS LATE… but today everything and I mean everything was fantastic! We made all the trains in a matter of minutes and even when we got back to Torino the bus pulled up as we were walking out of the train station to take us home… it was an AMAZING travel day!
… next the Holy Shroud!...
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