lunedì 15 marzo 2010

Nightlife in Milan

After our exhausting day strolling around Pavia, taking photos and relaxing in cafés in its quiet piazzas, we headed out in Milan for well-earned aperitivo. J had reserved a table at Cheese on Via Lupetta, opposite the church of Sant'Alessandro...or so she thought, until we turned out and they had no idea who she was. Luckily it turned out that the table was actually booked at Yguana, the bar next door which has the same phone number. It also provides the same food, which was the best of Italian aperitivo – lots of salad and lots of pasta to make you feel full without having eaten a huge amount – and serves very nice cocktails. It was absolutely packed and they kept trying to convince us to give away seats at our table for ten, but eventually everyone arrived and we were so squashed in that there was no way anybody was moving anywhere. After that we moved on to La Toscana, a relaxed bar on the Corsa di Porta Ticinese, which has nice squishy seats and had a bit more room to breathe. At 2 am, we still weren't quite ready to go home, so we spent an hour or so in Cuore, a bar around the corner(ish) which had very bright lights, bad music and a tiny and overstuffed dancefloor but had the advantage of being open late and having some extremely good-humoured bar staff. The night ended with a long search for a taxi. We walked up to the Duomo, where there were none, and ended up calling one of the companies after about half an hour. Our friends who walked down to the Navigli, where it's usually easier to find a taxi, ended up breaking up a fight on the way though, so we probably did choose the right direction!

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