Dinner Around the City.

Recently some friends and I tried out the ATMosfera, the tram that serves dinner while driving around the city. 

Overall, we loved the experience and it was an awesome way to send Peggy off into retirement in style.

You meet the tram at Piazza Castello. Between the EXPO gates, facing the fountain, head to the right side to find this sign, the pickup point.

There are two trams that run most nights.

Inside the tram. There are seats for groups of two and four.

My dining partners.

Our waiter. He was super friendly and spoke both Italian and English.

Angela and I split the vegetarian and fish menus. There were things on both we wanted to try. This is a sampling of some of the courses.

Most of the food is prepared in advance and warmed or put together on the tram. I must admit, the food was not amazing, though it did look pretty good!

Us on the tram. It really is such a fun experience.

Want to dine on the tram while in Milan? Make online reservations here. You can find the menus here. I thought the online booking was pretty easy, but the menus were a bit hard to find. This would be a really nice experience while visiting Milan, so despite the average food, I highly recommend it!

a museum of things.

So, there's this place

in what's essentially the middle of nowhere

filled with things.

Stacia had been talking about this place for quite some time,

but I just wasn't so sure.

I agreed to go and see about this place anyways.

We took a fast train to Parma, and then a regional train to Fornovo.

And then we walked about 45 minutes to this odd museum.

I hope you notice me using that word loosely.

It is quite literally a museum of stuff.

Over the course of his lifetime, Ettore Guatelli collected things.

And then began organizing them to cover every space of his family home.

There are rooms of tools, rooms of ceramics, clocks, containers,  and more.

Stacia took probably 5,000 pictures.

She was WAYYYYYYYY excited!

I thought it was definitely...interesting...

...and if you happened to be near Parma with an afternoon to spare this might be worth taking a look.

But, I would definitely email in advance to make sure they'll be open.

And when the guided tours will be. A tour is the only way to see around the museum.

And it was in Italian...but someone was translating for their friend, so that helped us out too.

Have you ever seen anything like this?

It's like "Hoarders" on crack.

If you want to go see it for yourself...

Museo Guatelli

Email them for more information

Odds and Ends. Volume III.

Let's see...

Latest happenings around here:

Caitlin, Sofia and I went to see Troye Sivan at Alcatraz at the beginning of May. It was like going to a Justin Bieber concert before Justin Bieber was Justin Bieber.

Lots of screaming teenagers.

But we still had a good time.

Can you even enjoy a concert through your eyes any more? It seems like it is easier to watch through everyone else's cell phone, which is frustrating.

I did a second round of Whole 30 recently.

I learned how to use cauliflower in a ton of new ways.

Like for the crust of this pizza. Unlike this recipe, I made it without cheese.

I finally put the comforter on my bed and made my new bedroom look amazing one day!

It did, in fact, only last one day, as I don't keep this comforter on the bed day to day.

I tried another well known gelateria recently.

La Bottega del Gelato is known for there many fruit flavors.

I had strawberry and peach.

It was delicious!

You can find this shop near the Loreto metro stop.

And Caitlin and I finally got around to trying Dry, a modern pizzeria we had read about. Since we had just finished the whole 30 we shared a pizza and a salad.

Our review: AVERAGE.

The pizza was small, but good. The salad was good. With 1 glass of wine for me and 1 beer for Caitlin, the bill came to €37.

And that's expensive!

My neighborhood is home to the Giardino delle Culture. Popcorn Blogazine recently held one of their garage markets in the garden and all kinds of vendors came to sell handmade goods and other vintage finds. A lot of the stuff was similar to what I saw at the East End Market a few months back.

Including these bags.

I had admired them back at the other market and resisted. 

This time I said yes!!

#happyCarrie

Other cool happenings in Milan to share? Let me know!