I headed for Cadorna stazione, where my friends work for FNM. The plan was to drop my long-term bag for storage, have lunch with my buds, swap my US SIM for an Italian SIM, and catch the train to Monterosso al Mare for tre giorni di sole e divertimento. This is where my first little glitch caught me.
When I arrived at the door, a friend was actually in reception escorting out his earlier meeting participants. Che fortuna! We went upstairs, gathered the gang, and headed out for lunch.
How is it that service people always know to speak to me in English? In this case the waiter came over, took my menu in Italiano from me, and replaced it with a menu in English! The guys all laughed because they know I want to read and speak in Italian if possible.
We all had birra and I had pizza with prosciutto. We laughed and took pictures.
Then on the way back, Luisella, Robbie and I broke off from the group and headed to Wind to manage my cell phone transaction.