From Europe, With Love: Como Si, Coma Sa

So although we were staying in Como we actually saw very little of Como. We spent two days in Switzerland and one in Milan. Our first day was spent in a small town called Montecarreso, in what seemed to be the countryside of Switzerland … but then again I am not sure what a city in Switzerland looks like. The best part of that little town was its castle, located at the top of a little mountain in the middle of the town center, providing great views of the Alps, the town, and the sky. In order to get to the castle you have to walk through a tunnel that is carved into the mountain and take an elevator up. Since you can’t see the castle from the ground, it is a great surprise when you finally step out of the elevator and are surrounded by castle walls. The next day we spent in Milan! It was Sunday so there was not too much to do but we did get to see the Milan Cathedral which is beautiful from the outside, but not so great from the inside (in my opinion anyways.) The most shocking thing about Milan was the number of pigeons in the cathedral plaza, there are gypsies and little kids everywhere palming a dozen or so kernels of corn to feed the pigeons. The only thing there was more of in Milan was fashion! The following day we spent in Reva San Vitale visiting students from Virginia Tech … it was refreshing to see some new-old faces. You think The Real World is crazy try traveling around Europe with the same thirty-five people for two and half months. Our last day was the only actually spent in Como, Italy and unfortunately it was pouring rain the entire day. I am sad to say that Como was not the best start to Italy, but I am looking forward to Verona!

FROM COMO (ITALY), WITH LOVE GRACE

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