Italy is prone to strikes from it's public transportation systems. This week there was a bus strike, so the housekeeper couldn't get home, but I didn't think much of it. Shoulda' realized I couldn't avoid the strikes forever.
Today I had a day off (respite from almost a 2 week work stretch!) and I booked an early train to get to the Cinque Terre by 11am to hike all day. Waking at 6am, I rode my bike to the subway, took it into Milan, got to the train station and found the departures board covered in blinking red cancelatos. GAH.
At least I still have a couple more days off to fit in the hike- I realllllllly want to do it before I leave. But the day wasn't totally wasted: I did a little more shopping (eek) and saw Harry Potter, albeit in Italian. I understood about 7% of the dialogue (it's dubbed over here.)
For next week's day off, I'm checking online before I leave the apartment at the crack of dawn to see if there's another strike.
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