Here we are, on the train for Lugano.
Is 11.00 AM the train is already running away, Momochan is excited, our seats are not clean, train is full and narrow and we do not have any place to put the stroller, people pass by and every moment I have to lift stroller up to let them pass, after 20 minutes I am alredy tired !
On the arrival a Lugano station one hour later Momichan is asleep already :)
We walk down to the center of the city to take the postal bus to the commercial center we want to visit, arriving takes just 15 minutes, the cost of the bus ticket including return cost 12 CH and the bus inside is as clean as your house would be, is amazing ^^
First thing we go inside IKEA shop because we have to eat, luckyly I have taken a food for Momochan because the shop in our town i all organized and has food for babies but not here in Grancia, the shop is too little and so many things lack. We take some meat and a dessert, carrot cake, remember we ave to party because Momochan is 11 months old now, she ats all her food and tries also our and also tastes the cake but I guess she still does not appreciate cakes as we do and she prefers saltd food :)
We finish eating then we go around a little, some of the items for X'mas are already on display but in general in the shop there is so much less products than in the one near our home, we go outside and we start visit the rest of the mall. There is a supermarket, we go inside curious to see what foods we can find, everything is neat and cliean and organized, we buy some littlehings we cannot find in Milano and some baby foods for Momo ad we get out, so may little shops to see andalso we need to pause and rest a little so we sit at a cafeteria and order two capuccini (CH 6,60 correspond to EUR 4,36), after a while we restart our tour, there is a baby shop with so many dresses and bab shoes, hats and everything possible, we buy Momo a cap like a bear head with ears, she i so cute :) then outside the shop we find a little car, you know the ones you put coins inside and move ? Momochan loves to drive, she gets crazy so we sit her inside and she starts to bend and drive away, she claps hands, drives, laughs, she amuses herself so much.
Some other shops to see and a pit stop in the toilet to change Momichan and we are again waiting for the bus t return to Lugano, is evening alreay, shops close at 18.00 and our train is at 21.45 (if in future we will redo, we have to have the train around 19.00).
Arrived in Lugano is ark already, we take a walk along the lake, there are some ducks swimming, Momichan looks at them curiously, we sit a little on a bench then we walk slowly along towards the station, in a while little Momo falls asleep. Arrived at the station we have to wait about 2 hours before getting the train so we eat our sandwiches and I give Momochan her food and a bottle of milk and after a while ain arrives so we can get inside. Temperature is low but still is not so cold, train is empty so we have plenty of space this time for the stroller and our shopping items. Unluckily Momochan is tired but doesn't want to sleep so we have to invent somethng to keep her calm.
Near the Milano station, he train has a problem and stopps suddendly for 20 minutes.
When we reach the station is already too late, we can jump on he tube and reach the last tube station but then we do not have any possibility to get home !!!!
The customer care at Central Station tells us they cannot pay us a taxi or do anything, is not their fault because the train is from Switzerland and not italian so the only thing we can do is call mum and ask her if she can ake us home, she is not happy a the idea but arives at the last tube station around midnight, we step into the ca with stroller and all our things, Momochan finally falls asleep.
Arrived at home we put her immediately to bed, but still I have so many things to do, while Momo and her father sleep I have to pu in order verything we have bought, do the laundry, wash pavements and Momo's bottle, prepare the milk for the night and already put on the Christmas decoration we bough at Ikea.
You would say I am crazy but with a small baby is impossible for me wash pavements or clean the windows or do other works that take a little time because Momo makes a disaster and cries because she wants to stay with me so I have to make it by night whatever time it is, I can do laundry of course or other little things she can help or amuse to see but not much.
Finally at 4.00 AM I can go to bed, a quick shower, cream all over the body and soft blankets embrace me :)
Everything is clean neat and organized, the living room glass widows are clean and decorated with LED stars shining in the dark, all baby things hav been washed and put away and our clothes are washing and will be clean and dry next morning.
I extinguish the lights and walk in the silence of our home with my nescafè cup, drinkng it slowly in absolute quietness, outside I can see light from other houses and cars running by, the soft breath of my baby and hubby flows regularly like the tick tack of the clock. It has been a wonderful day even if so tiryig, next time we will wan to do again we have to organize best.
'Buona notte everybody !
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