I was incredibly nervous to start out this journey but the first day of traveling went very smoothly. I hopped on the train to Madrid where I caught one to Barcelona. I had a little lay over there and went walking around for a while. I got on the night train...didn't sleep much...but woke up in Italy!!! Early in the morning police came in to check passports and luggage. I guess I seemed harmless enough because they scanned over me pretty quickly.
I arrived in Milan and started my solo Italy adventure! After reading up on Milan, in my handy dandy Italy book (thanks to Suchira :] ), I navigated my way to the metro to head to the center of town. Milan is known for it's massive cathedral and for being the fashion center. When I came out of the Metro I was greeted by the site of the incredible cathedral know as the Duomo. I went in and looked around and took tons of pictures of the outside. It was pretty beautiful. After that, I just walked around and ran into a cute little Gelataria. I had my first chocolate Gelato and it was AMAZING!!! I made my way back to the train station, ice cream in hand, and taught myself how to use the self service train ticket machines. For ten Euros and my Eurail pass I was off to Rome! I got here with no problem and followed my directions to the Hostel. The area of the hostel was a bit sketch so I was glad that I came in before dark. The hostel, itself, was cute with extremely friendly hosts. Wine was provided so I approve of this hostel :). I waited for Katy to get here and we started our Rome adventures the next day.
Sarah and I are headed to Austria tomorrow but more to come later!
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