Using the couchsurfing site (www.couchsurfing.com) I'd emailed a few people living in Milan and Bergamo and asked if i could sleep the night on their couch. Not expecting many replies seeing as i was giving them a days notice and it is still the holiday period and near to christmas, I was stoked when they started to arrive.
A few dead ends at first; "Sorry, on holiday...", "Not in Bergamo right now..." and "Already have some guests..." etc had me worried but then the day before I left Matteo replied with a simple "hi Mark, ok, you can stay in my home :)" and i was away.
Eating pizza... outside some castle...
And it has turned out awesome. Met at the bus stop, toured around for a bit (Cathedral, Castle, China town, otherstuff I don't know the name of etc). It was a quick but good (cause i only have a night) tour and I even got to secure some luck for my trip by spinning around on the heel of my foot, twice, on the balls of a bull in the middle of a gallery. Go figure. And dinner was an authentic Italian pizza at a pizzeria and it was, of course, superb.
The Cathedral...
Will be back. But today I head to Geneva to meet back up with erin and spend the New Years in France's french alps.
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