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On my second trip to Italy, As the Wine Tasting, Tower of Pisa and Siena tour came to an end, I found myself lost in the busy streets of Siena with a couple of Euros. My tired 19 year old son, and no translator. We were at a plaza surrounded by happy and loud Italians celebrating a night out, but no one could help. We walked for miles in the direction where we thought the tour bus would be and found no one there to assist, so we stopped at the first open cafe. We found and ask for help. Of course, they didn’t understand us, we were in the middle of Italy, no longer in the tourist areas of the city. I tried using the little Italian I knew but it was useless, so my son pulled out is phone, connected to the Wi-Fi, and used Google translate. We were saved!! We quickly got connected to our tour guide using the shop’s phone and she gracefully guided us to the nearby bus station to Florence our final destination on the tour. In less than an hour we were on our way to our hotel, safe and happy...

T he biggest reason why I wanted to visit Milan was  because of my  name. So, I can say, I’ve been to Milan and my friends can say “Milan has been to Milan” or “Milan was in Milan last year (or a different time frame). I know, it’s funny that I would do that, but you have to cut me some slack here, there is a whole city that has the same name as me. I had to go. As I did more research on what I should do in Milan, it turned out that I wanted to visit for other things too. Today, I will go over some of those things and will also  recommend you some  places around Milan that are worth visiting. I was only there for a day but next time I visit Milan, I want to visit the outskirts of Milan, which I heard are beyond beautiful from fellow travelers at the hostel.  I had my return ticket booked for Chicago but if I had a few more days, I would’ve gone up to Lake Como. It’s 30 minutes from Milan via train and have heard great things about it from fellow backpackers. I w...