If you ever have a chance to stay in a ten euro hostel in Milan, then make sure you don't go to it for the first time after dark. I arrived in Milan at about 6 and after finding an internet cafe and looking up hostel options, decided to stay in the cheapest hotel yet. I took the subway a couple stops and then got out ad started walking toward my hostel. For the most part the walk was fine, and definitely felt safer then the train station, but as I got closer I soon realized they my hostel was in an alley off of another alley off of a back street and looked like a safe-haven for crack heads and drug dealers. I realized now more than ever, that you get what you pay for in life and decided at this point it would be better to just sleep here then to continue back on the streets looking for another place, so I checked in. As it turned out, the looks of the hostel were by far the worst part, and to my delight and surprise I didn't meet any crack heads or drug dealers while there. After the fun hostel adventure I went to see the Duomo the next day and walk around a bit and enjoyed the feel of the city in the day much more than at night.

Labels: Travel, World Tour