We've arrived in Milan and we are "fitting into" the world of high-fashion quite well...being the "fashionable" ladies that we are, we are sporting easy-pack raincoats, quick-dry pants, and hiking boots. Fortunately none of the Armani-wearing people (including police officer uniforms) are blinking an eye at our poor taste in fashion. Seriously, it is like the whole city is a giant Yorkville (swanky shops, even for children's clothing).
Aside from the impeccable people however, the city itself feels quite unlike what we expected. It is a bit dirtier, and has nicer, older architecture than i had imagined (we had heard that the entire city was destroyed in WW2 and had to be all rebuilt, but alot of older building seem to still be here). Overall it has quite a nice feel.
We had a nice dinner with a woman from Toronto we met on the plane. Tradition here is to go out for aperitifs (sp?) first which is basically a buffet of appetizers and a glass of wine for about 6-8 euro. Then after that you go out for dinner. We ate so many appetizers at the first place we hardly had room left for dinner! :-) the most incredible cheeses - just platters and platters of them!
Tomorrow we start our 3-day workshop on "The Way to Inner Peace" with the Dalai Lama - hopefully our simple and modest choice of clothing will be better appreciated there! :-)
the next time we blog we will be fully enlightened and mindful.. :-)
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