Flying to Milan

September 25

I flew Alitalia, overall a good experience although I've heard various travel horror stories involving the airline. I had a meal that was pretty good and served the Italian way. Antipasto, pasta, main dish and for dessert there was a sweet pastry and coffee (this tasted more like truck stop coffee) I was asked to put my shade down so as not disturb sleeping customers which I did and stayed pretty much obedient save for the periodic peak at the sky. Once for the night sky, the sky was so clear and black that the stars against it were bright silver. The second time in early morning when the sun was coming over the horizon to produce this blood orange hue that is truly indescribable.
I arrived at Milan's Malpensa Airport after an overnight flight. Fact is I slept very little throughout the night which was a combination of the excitement of being in Italy, a lack of sleep aid that I apparently had all the time in my wallet (where all effective sleep aids belong) but didn't know it, and the in flight movie "Date Night". This made a fact clear that I knew all along...I like movies better than sleep, they always win out. Instead, between watching the movie I got into a perfectly lovely conversation with Fulvio about food, pies, and Italy...these are a few of my favorite things.
So I was in Milan, I had a few hours before the next leg of flight plan to Rome so I thought I should pop on over to Milan since I had the chance. The one thing that I appreciate about the airports in Italy is that you can, for a small fee, store your bag which was pretty convenient. Before I did that however I dug through my carry on for and clothes I had to guard me from the 12 degrees Celsius (56 degrees Farenheit) weather. I layered everything I had in the pack and lamented not having my rainboots (yes I packed my rainboots on my European vacation) I stored my bag and...