we are in super duper milan! naturally, its slated to rain the entire frickin time we are in italy, but i suppose we shall deal with that by drinking even more than we planned.

anyway, we have been here for like 36 hours, im drunk, and ive already eaten 12 pizzas. io amo milano!

update: i forgot to mention our very first experiences upon coming to milan: we waited nearly an hour to get through customs because, NATURALLY, there was a strike; and second, our cab driver and i got into a meaty discussion about the war where he told me repeatedly, 'io sono CATTOLICO!', and that he respects the japanese most out of all the people in the world, and americans second, and that he, literally, wants to take a lit match to the entire arab world and burn it up. my response to all of this mostly was: 'si...e una situazione molto complicato...si...umm...si, gli islamaci sono complicati...si, umm...la guerra e complicata...si...' luckily tommy doesnt speak a ton of italian, and he could pretend to the cabby that he spoke none, so he didnt have to repeatedly try to turn the conversation away from nuking the entire arab world. but when we got out of the cab, tommy turned to me and said, 'man, that guy really doesnt like arabs, does he?' no, no he didnt.

anyway, off to get some lunch and then LO SHOPPING!