First Weekend in Lugano!

The next day Lauren and I didn’t wake up until 3pm, due to the horrible jet lag! We woke up starving so we walked down the huge hill to the center of town and stopped at a Pizzeria. We soon realized that the pizzas, which were said to be for only one were huge, everything was much more expensive, and dinning out is a lot different than it is in the states. In Lugano and all around Switzerland and Italy dinning is more a social event than eating. A typical dinner here would last 4hrs and the waiters are in no rush to get you to leave because tip is included on the paycheck. Once it began to drizzle we started to head home. Later that night all of us got ready for a nice first dinner. We dressed up and headed out in the rain. Although we tried, 40 people in one restaurant is not exactly doable. Therefore we all split up. Myself and about 15 others went to a small Italian restaurant (IF you’re wondering why Italian? That is because Lugano is the only speaking Swiss city, which happens to be one of the wealthiest places to live). We all fit at one table, and everyone was ecstatic at the fact that we could order wine at dinner. I split a bottle of pinot grigio with Kate. All of the portions here are huge! And everything here is pretty expensive! I spent about $20 on dinner, even when I split my meal (Spaghetti Carbonara) with Claire! After dinner we walked to a nearby bar called “bar oops.” It was a little expensive but who cares IM LEGAL TO DRINK! This bar was much more crowded then peter pan from the night before. There were so many locals and it was more expensive so after the bar closed, we all began to walk home in the POURING RAIN! That was not exactly very fun but I didn’t mind.