Sprang Break Part 1

Spring Break 2k16 was probably the most exciting spring break I've ever had. A group of us took a tour through Italy starting with Milan, then Florence, Rome, and ending in Sorrento. It was all around an A+ trip, 10/10 would do again.

Day 1:

We arrived at the Milan airport and took a bus to the city center, where we had to navigate the train system at like 6 in the evening. It worked out all right, but we discovered how pushy Italians can be and that they will take a tip for themselves out of your change for your subway ticket and then run away. We got to our hostel and then met up with the other group at a pizza restaurant and had a nice first Italian meal (and I learned the Italian word for anchovies so I would never order them again). Then we had our first taste (of many) of gelato. Over the course of the trip I probably ate over a gallon of gelato. My favorite aspect of Italy by far.

Day 2:

We woke up pretty early (for me anyway) and went to Milan cathedral, where we got a ticket to walk up to the top of it. The roof of the cathedral had a great view and the weather was gorgeous and it was the perfect place to take a nap. After that we walked through the ritzy mall part of Milan, had more gelato, looked in the Ferrari store, and then went to see the "canal" which was actually just a trickle of brown water with trash floating in it instead of ducks. But there were some nice restaurants in the area so we had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, more gelato, and then went back and relaxed and talked for the night.

Day 3:

We had to be up pretty early to catch our bus to Florence, which was about 5 hours long. We were starving by the time we got there, and it was Sunday so most things were closed, but we managed to find a really good restaurant for lunch. We got to our hotel, which was right across the street from some kind of street market that had lots of music and chanting and made me feel like I was in a Fast and Furious movie or something. But the guys running the hotel were super nice and helpful. Then we walked around the city and looked at the huge church they have, got more gelato, walked to some actual canals, ate dinner on the canal, and had a relaxing evening.

Day 4:

The big group split up into two smaller ones for the day, and we started out by having a really good "American" breakfast, then walking up like 500 steps to the top of the tower of the cathedral. There was an amazing panoramic view of the whole city with its red rooftops and mountains in the background. After we climbed back down we went inside the church, got gelato, and headed over to this vantage point where you can see the whole city. We got some cool pics and met two girls from Israel who gave us advice on things to do. Then we trekked back down, stopped at a little grassy park area, saw a castle thingy, had more gelato and dinner, then went to catch our train to Rome.

To be continued...