Oh Milan. Here's a good story for you all:
We arrived at the train station this afternoon, and Matt and I walked downstairs to book our tickets for Paris tomorrow. So I tell him to go jump in line, and I proceed to sit on the floor about 25 feet away from him. A man walks up to me and explains that he is homeless and needs some money. His english was really, really hard to understand, but I shook my head and said "No- I'm sorry. Can't help." you know, the usual. So, he keeps talking to me. From my view down on the floor, he looked HUGE towering over me. I'm extremely uncomfortable, and dear Matt is just watching me (probably laughing to himself). I kind of stopped making eye contact with him, hoping that he would just walk away. Two police officers walk up to the man to get him away from me at this point. The guy throws up his hands like "Hey- leave me alone! I'm not breaking the law!" The policemen pull on their black gloves and are gripping their baton things, ready for battle. (Mom, are you laughing yet!?!) Everyone in the ticket line is watching this little episode, and Matt informed me later that the two American girls in line next to him were saying "That poor girl! She's all alone!" Matt goes "Oh no, shes with me." He's so great. Always looking out for me. ;) After a few solid minutes of trying to escort the man out, a third officer walks up and they all walk him out the door. One of the officer winked at me as he walked through the door, and I lifted up my hand to thank him. Great. I officially hate Milan.
It got better though, promise! That was just a little taste of our first 30 minutes in Milan. We found a little hotel a few blocks away from the train station, grabbed some dinner and walked around the city. We get on a train at 8:10 tomorrow morning, and will arrive in Paris around 3 in the afternoon. We're still waiting to hear about our arrangements, but I have faith that it will all work out.
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Katy
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3 comments:
I can't believe no one commented! KATY sorry but I had to laugh! I can just picture you all huddled in the corner and MATT just standing in line laughing...big help MATT! :) It reminds me of the 5 minutes Andy left me alone in the Cinque Terre and 2 Italian guys came up to me and hit-on me (Andy never left me again:)) Bad things happen when your alone! Love you... be safe poops!
-Kels
Haha I'm glad you laughed! I know, its actually pretty funny. I wasnt really scared, but it was just way awkward cause everyone was staring and the police were all soooo intense! I love you squirt, see you soon!!
Katy,
I officially hate Milan because of an experience I had in the train station too!!!
Remind me to tell you when you get back... :)
Love you, keep havin fun!
Alex
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