Hot Milan

Like our Amsterdam accomodations, we booked ourselves in a hotel. Like out Amsterdam accomodations, this is a 1-star hotel. Lesson learned: if you can't afford 3 stars, book a hostel.

It really isn't that bad, we were just spoiled a bit Munich. But we did have an adventure getting here. First, we were joking around on the train about the places we stayed at when we realized we didn't have the information on our hotel. We booked it and never took any notes on it. So when we first got into Milan we had to find an internet cafe to find that information. Then, we hopped on the metro and followed the directions to get to the hotel. 25 minutes later we were in the Milan suburbs and got off at a platform that had just been rebuilt and had yet to replace any maps of the Metro anywhere. So, we got back on in the opposite direction.

Some hours later, after transferring lines we realized we'd done a big loop and finally reached our stop. Then after some wandering, we found the hotel. Standing at the front desk, which is more a hallway between our room and the shared bathrooms, Mike pointed out the 1-star hotel plaque. We wondered: who advertises that?

But we're here, next day, it's hot and we're heading out.