Catching up.. part1

Hey there!

How are you all doing? Hope everything is great with your lives! It has been quite a while since my last post so let me tell you what has happened so far.

Me and M are back together. We still live in different countries but we are still trying and working hard on the so called LDR (long distance relationship)

In January I started working at a call center as technical support (internet connection problems etc.) Wasn't crazy about it. I hadn't even applied for the job. They just found my resume and they called me in for an interview. I liked helping people but I didn't like the internet/router/etc stuff. It was boring and the environment wasn't great either.

So once in a while I tried to escape. That's when I went to Morocco! Yay

But to get there I had to fly with Ryanair since it had cheap tickets. First stop was Milan. 

My best friend Marianna came with me for two days. She loves Italy so it wasn't that hard to convince her. We stayed for two nights at an airbnb place. The experience wasn't great but we blame our hostess for that. 

Anyway Milan was fun but I didn't love it. It was also crazy expensive.. We went there on Friday and Marianna left on Sunday. As soon as I woke up on Sunday, I showered and left from that place. Next stop was Lake Como and Bellagio. I was so tired that I slept all through the train ride. When I got there I bought a ticket to travel to Bellagio by boat. I think it was around 20-24 euros and it took me 2 hours to get there. Bellagio was so beautiful but I was so so tired.

As soon as I got off the boat, I went straight to a restaurant to use their bathroom (I wanted to pee so bad!). This cute restaurant happened to make pizza's in the oven, so I decided to have lunch there. I ordered a delicious pizza with salami on top and a glass of white wine. It was sooo good. I loved it! After that I was full but that didn't stop me from grabbing a gelato. The flavor I tried was cream with pieces of a special cake they make in Bellagio. Forgive me but I don't remember the name of it. Amazing once again!

Pizza, wine and gelato made me really sleepy so when I visited the Melzi gardens all I wanted to  do was sleep on a bench. One tip about Melzi gardens: it is full of couples. Think about it again if you want to visit it solo because it can be both depressing and annoying (especially if you are sleepy from all the food you ate before).

I left from Bellagio and on the train ride back to Milan I was talking with two very friendly guys from Egypt. One of them had been in Milan over a year now and the other one (his cousin I think) was just visiting. It was nice talking with them and it was very interesting to learn more things about their culture.

At some point one of them asked for my full name to add me on facebook. I gave it to him but to be honest I didn't add him... The funny thing was that when he asked me, his friend/cousin looked so embarrassed. 

As much as I enjoyed their company, I was glad they didn't get off at the same stop with me. When the train reached the end, I continued with the metro to my next destination. This time I would try couchsurfing for the first time. I had read very good reviews about my host so I wasn't worried for arriving there at the middle of the night (but it's not something I would do in the future and it isn't something I would suggest you to do). 

M (another M! I am surrounded by M hahah) was very friendly. He welcomed be and very quickly it felt like home. There were three of his friends. An Italian guy and two sisters who I am not sure but I think they were from Lithuania...nah I am probably wrong but I can't remember it now.

So we had dinner, we talked and then we went to sleep. The next day the two sisters left (I forgot to say that they were staying with M for couple nights), M was at work and he had given me a key for his place. I saw a bit more of Milan but still I wasn't fascinated with the city so I came back at the house rather early. We had dinner (gnocchi ftw) and I got ready for my next adventure...

Morocco!

To be continued...

Love, Arti

xo