So I decided to stay in Lugano for the weekend and I ended up having a great time! There were a total of six of us that ended up staying and i'm glad we decided to do so. Thursday night a lot of people left after class to go to their destination but there was a good amount of us still there who were leaving friday morning so we all went out in Lugano. We decided to try someplace different from the usual place that we go to which was right down the street but we would be the only people ever there. We ventured down the hill instead to see what we could find. The first place we went to was called the Milk Bar which was definitely crowded but it wasn't quite our style. I mean we should have figured since it is Lugano. The scene was very sophisticated and classy for our liking. A shot was 6 franc which was also completely out of our price range. We didn't stay long and left to go to Bar Ooops which was a couple buildings down from our school. The place was a little better, with more of a fun atmosphere. It was still crazy expensive but at least I didn't feel completely out of place. We ran into one of the guys who played intramural soccer with us and he told us some other good clubs to go to but they all had a really expensive cover. We still had a really fun night though, but we're still on the search for a great club in Lugano. Unfortunately we don't have too much time left to discover. I cannot believe I leave for Kenya in a week. I'm still in shock that we're even going and I'm so happy that I get the unbelievable opportunity to go while I'm here. We woke up Friday morning and we were originally planning to take a day trip to Lucerne, but that didn't really work out since it was a 3-hr train ride away. Looking back I kinda regret not making it work but hey there's nothing you can do about it now. We still had a really good day. And it was nice to just relax and lay by the pool. Which we were able to do since we've had unbelievable weather!! It's been in the high-60s low-70s for the past two weeks.
So on Friday instead of Lucerne we decided to go to Swiss-miniature land, a miniature version of all of Switzerland which was an hour and a half walk from the Montarina. The six of us just laugh looking back on it but it was fun with everyone. The walk was really pretty all along the lake. The miniature land I wouldn't recommend anyone else to go to, but we were able to make it fun.
We took the train back since it was only a 10 minute train ride free on our eurorail. My favorite part of the day was our family fajita night dinner! We went to the grocery store and got all the ingredients and then cooked at the Montarina. They were amazing and only cost us about 9 franc each which is so much cheaper than a meal you could get going out to a restaurant in Lugano. After stuffing our faces, we were all pretty much in a food coma and went to bed. The next morning I got up early ran and got ready for our trip to Milan. We were going to Milan to go to the AC Milan v. Roma futbol game. That's one of the main reasons why I wanted to stay because there was no way I wanted to return home without seeing a real soccer game in Europe. We got to Milan around lunch time and rode the metro to see the famous duomo.
The square around it was really pretty as well. I'm glad we were actually able to see Milan besides the train station which we've been to more times than I can count. We tried to find the bank where you can actually purchase ac milan tickets but it was closed. So we had to go straight to the stadium to get tickets. We were able to get tickets for only 20 euros which was in my opinion a steal! Our seats weren't that bad either but we didn't really think we were actually sitting in the right seats but no one checked. The metro was packed with people going to the game, and I was kind of getting nervous about being able to get tickets. The metro station was a bit far from the actual stadium but along the way the streets were lined with vendors and pannitecas which are these outdoor sandwich vendors that also sell alcohol. There wasn't any tailgating like we're used to in America so we made our own. We didn't want to pay for the 3 euro beers so we asked one of the policemen where the closest supermercado was and bought alcohol and snacks at the grocery store. It was a great decision since there the beers were only 45 cents. The only problem is they don't refrigerate their beer in the grocery stores so it was a little warm but not too bad. The funny thing is we were getting stared out from everyone. First of all it was 70 degrees out so we were all wearing shorts which is unheard of in Europe. Instead they have their jackets, scarves, and gloves on (crazy if you ask me). Second of all we were carrying bags of beer, chips, and bottles of wine. Ashvin stopped at the McDonalds and got 3 cheeseburgers so we figured we could just sit in their outside seating. Unfortunately a guy came out and kicked us out, but we had to start walking to the stadium anyways so it worked out. The stadium was enormous, and was a little crazy to figure out how to get to our seats.
I had a blast at the game. People go absolutely crazy in Europe for soccer. The fans are pretty much like they are if you go to an NFL game. So the atmosphere was so much fun and Milan came back to win with 5 minutes left. I didn't get the winning goal on camera but I did get their first goal on a penalty shot.
After the game we went out to dinner at this chinese buffet place which I wasn't too thrilled for since I don't like chinese but it was not our typical chinese. It was acutally really good. We caught the train back to Lugano and didn't get back until 1am in the morning. It was so nice sleeping in on Sunday, which I haven't done this whole time. And sleeping in was until 11am (technically it was 10 am because of daylight savings time). We decided to play soccer with some of the locals at this outdoor turf field near the Montarina. It was really frustrating for me because I thought my ankle was pretty much better but I learned the hard way it is not. I played goalie to be safe and this one time I saved a goal by kicking it I had so much pain in my ankle that I was limping. I mean I can still walk on it now but it's a little swollen and I've decided to stop trying to run. I realized that I was running a really bad way for my body because my leg was trying to compensate for my ankle and as a result my knee and hamstring were killing me. I mean I only have two days until Barcelona and then when I get back I'm going to Kenya. Those two weeks should hopefully heal it back to normal at least I'm praying that it will.
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