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  Back to Italy, Varese
 
2011-02-04

After nearly six years of not visiting, my friends in Italy convinced me that I needed to go back and spend some time in the north of the country. I'm very glad I took their advice!

My vacation consisted mostly of eating awesome Italian food and wandering around various towns and cities.

There was a bit of an unusual heat wave going on during the trip — most days, it was around 15C or so, which made the walking that much more pleasant.

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I was staying in a place that was basically an old converted clay brick factory.
Alps are always visible here in the north.
I love the homes in this part of the country.
We call this place the creepy hotel. Some super rich Italian dude owns it, and it sits on top of a hill like a haunted house.
The campanile next to the duomo is always cool.
I got a SIM cell card and wandered around the old historical centre for a while.
I haven't seen skies this blue in ages!!
Down by the train station here, there is an outdoor market a couple of days a week I stumbled into.
Lots of trucks and vans selling clothes and fruits/vegetables at great prices.
Okay, coolest trees ever!
My friends convinced me to attend a "little exercise class". A massive gymnastics marathon, more like it. Very fun!
Fortunately, there's tonnes of awesome food here to offset all the exercise.
 
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