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