I Love the Davies!

It was so good to see Adam and Heather greet me at the train station today. They were familiar smiling faces I haven't see for a while. The train ride from Nice to Milan took a tad londer than expected. First instead of taking a direct train from Nice to Milan, I had to take a train to the Italian border (Ventimiglia) and that train was delayed. And then I had to switch to a train going directly to Milan, which was just about to leave when we got to Ventimiglia. The Italian train was quite a bit older than the French one, but still rather comfortable. All the announcements were in Italian, so I felt rather lost. Luckily there were some Frenchmen in the same compartment so they reassured that I was still heading to Milan.

After Adam and Heather picked me up, we stopped at the grocery store, Carrefour to be exact to do some groceries. There was an amazing cold cut selection. There were different kinds of salami and interesting uncooked beef tenderloin cold cut. Adam spotted his favourite wild boar cold cut, so we'll have some of that tomorrow in our sandwiches! As well, we got fresh mozzarella cheese. Afterwards we stopped for some gelato, which was so rich and filling!

The apartment Adam and Heather are staying at is large, bright, and spacious! The balcony stretches the entire length of the apartment--really cool. I was expecting it to be a smaller place but was pleasantly surprised. (It's huge by European standards.)

The highlight of my day was to help out with dinner. Adam made this wicked carpione salad with the fresh tomatoes and mozzarella we bought earlier. The fresh mozzarella was so good. Nothing like what we get in Vancouver. Then it was risotto with chicken and sundried tomatoes. It was really therapeutic for me to cook something at home. I (and my wallet) needed a break from eating out all the time. We paired our meal with this awesome German white wine. Oh so good!

Tomorrow Adam and I will head out to town and go to the large market with fresh produce. I'm really looking forward to that. Then we'll meet a friend of Adam's and then hopefully we'll pick up Brett, who just happens to be in Milan around the same time as me. Hooray!