Milano Day Three

Hello everyone!

I had a great day today - very busy but you know me...that's how I like it! :) I had language and cooking classes today. I was with an older group of students today (16 and 17 year olds) and the dishes were more advanced. We made lasagna (of course) with meat and a white cream sauce, several appetizers in puff pastry, a spinach loaf, bread, potatoes, steak wrapped in proscuitto, croissants, and 2 white chocolate cakes - bene bene bene! After all that cooking (and all those carbs), I was pretty tired so I came back to the hotel and took a nap - it is my vacanze (vacation), after all! :)

I took the train to Monza at 6 (the town where J works) to meet J and his associates for dinner. I was able to do some shopping before dinner and had my first gelato and first encounter with annoying, persistent men trying to sell me knock-off handbags. :) I had planned to walk to the restaurant (it's about a 30 minute walk) but it was getting dark and the shops were closing up and I had never been in Monza before, so I decided not to risk it and head back to the train station to get a cab. (I put that story in just for you mom & Janet. :)

We had a wonderful dinner, there were about 10 people from the plant there. Everyone was very friendly and full of interesting stories. It was a lot of fun to chat with them and put faces with the names J is always talking about.

That's all for tonight. I didn't take any pictures today (shamo!) but I am posting some that I've taken earlier in the week.

Buena notte!

Karyn