Giornali Milano Part Duo

April 12 (Cont'd)
After about 20 exhausting hours of travel, the train arrived at my not quite final destination. Ted was working in a plant just outside the small town of Voghera and would pick me up. As expected, my cell phone didn't work over there, so voila, I'll use a pay phone! But how to use one? I hoped if I dialed a number, it would tell me how much money to insert (in Italian of course). When that didn't work, I asked the newstand man how to use the phone. ha ha! He shrugged as if to say either "I don't know" or "I can't believe you're that stupid".

So I bought a Coke (no diet anywhere so far) and threw myself on a bench. Once the caffeine kicked in I figured the phone thing out and hitched a ride with the hubby in his sexy little rented Ford station wagon and we were off to the hotel in Salice Terme, a hot spring resort town.


The Hotel Milano is where all the Cameron folks stay when visiting the plant, so we met quite a few people during our stay. The staff is wonderfully friendly and helpful, and speak excellent English. Had a close encounter with the bed while Ted went back to work. Then I woke in time to share a glass of vino and a fantastic 4 course dinner at the hotel, topped off by a semifreddo with two spoons.