Preggo?!

Fun Fact of the trip: Meaning of the word "Preggo".  In Italian, so nothing like short for pregnant or something silly. Anyway, our entire time in Milan people kept saying "Preggo!" We kept speculating different possible definitions. At first we were convinced it was "You're welcome" or then "How are you?" or maybe even "Whoever's next" (I deduced that one from the grocery store). Anyway, it seemed like with anything, they would just throw in the word Preggo. Maybe it meant "um" or "like". In all honesty, I was so lost to the actual meaning by the end of the weekend, that I was totally surprised when I came back and looked up the word. It means "Please". Well, that makes a lot more sense (most of the time). Either way, people in Milan used the words way too much for it just to mean "Please" so we made a fun guessing game out of that word. I was amused anyway. 

But I digress. As you might have detained, I returned this week from Milan, Italy. Last Friday, we flew (and I slept) to Milan where the group of us 5 attempted to find our hostel and figure out the Milanese transportation system. It was more difficult than it sounds. Eventually, however, we made it there, and I'm sure you can imagine the first thing we did: we ate pizza. Yum. After that, full of good food and wine we did what any normal people would do...nap. We had a really nice hostel though, so it was okay. We were just making use out of it! It even had a balcony. It was super nice!

So after a quick nap (in my defense, I was running on very little sleep), we headed to the city center to see the City Center and the Duomo. It was very cool. There was a huge mall that had all of the designer brands in it such as Gucci and Prada. It was also the prettiest mall I'd ever seen which I guess I should have expected coming from the fashion capital of Italy. We also ended up seeing the end of a fashion show which we thought was cool before hitting up some gelato and doing a little more of shopping before dinner. Let me tell you now-I'm in love with gelato. I'm convinced that if I lived in Italy, I would be diabetic for that sole reason: eating gelato with every single meal. Absolutely delicious. 

Now, on top of food and shopping, we found out the next day that there was another fashion show that we were allowed to sit in on. Why? It was fashion week! It was so cool because afterwards we just walked around seeing all sorts of people that were in, watching models make their ways from one place to the next. It was pretty good timing to spontaneously to go to Milan. We had gone to Milan because we did something called "blind booking" where you pay up front and then it takes you to a random place of their choosing-nerve racking, I assure you.  Anyway, I had more pizza this day too, but it was still very good, and then early Sunday  morning we made our way back to Maastricht. 

Additionally, Saturday we had a picnic on the steps of the Duomo which was wonderful (despite the vile pigeons surrounding us). It was great fun even though our plans to visit Pisa had fallen through. It was nice to have a more relaxing trip. Besides, it was sunny! You have no idea how wonderful the sun is when it’s been so rainy here. It was absolutely beautiful. All and all, a fantastic last evening in Milan.  

Now, this next coming post will be all about Carnival which I'm excited for since it's supposed to be all sorts of levels of craziness. Apparently it's similar to Mardi Gras + some. I can only imagine. I promise to take a lot of pictures (since I've been stealing photos due to some camera issues). No worries and I'm also excited for a week off of school! This week I guess I should be buckling and down to get it all out of the way. Besides that, Milan was fabulous, and I'm anxiously awaiting for Carnival. On that note, until next time! :)