First Stop: Milan

I'm currently sitting on the train from Milan to Rome - a 360 mile trip in just under 3 hours. Even better, it was only 10 euros (with my pass) for a comfortable seat and a small table in 2nd class.

Milan was an interesting city to start my journey. I had originally planned to start in London so that I wouldn't have to deal with the language barrier right in the beginning. Fortunately, many of the people I met spoke English (or at least could understand it). It probably helped that, most of the time, I stayed in tourist areas.

I arrived on Wednesday July 16th, at about 8 am. I spent an hour or so looking traveling to and searching for my hostel, but eventually I arrived around 11 am (with only a little help from Google). I spent the early afternoon walking around before I hit the wall known as jet lag. I retreated to my bed to sleep away the remainder of the afternoon. After I awoke, I took the subway down to one of Milan's few canals to eat dinner (a recommendation from one of the hostel staff). I had a very good margherita pizza.

The next day (yesterday), I went to Dumo di Milan and Castello Sforzesco. The duomo was impressive, and the walk along the upper terraces provided an excellent view of the surrounding parts of the city.