Pre-August Holidays Milan Trip : Aug 7th

I went to Milan to get a haircut. One thing you'll learn is that it's worth driving an hour to get a haircut from a hairstylist you can trust. I hadn't met this person, but knowing they were from China made me trust them more. Maybe it's a communication thing. Maybe it's a same hair type thing. Or maybe it's a combination of that plus the fact that they weren't trying to make me look "stylish" in the Milan fashion world. Regardless of which, I drove an hour each way for the purpose of getting my hair cut.

It wasn't one of my best ideas. I had the name of the hair salon and approximate directions from a train station. I didn't really know the are well nor did I know anyone who did. I was just really wandering around Milan's Chinatown looking for this place. After 40 minutes of wandering, I caved and asked someone. Turns out, it was a straight shot, 10 minute walk from my car. Damn it.

The hair salon was small, nothing at all like the one I go to in Shanghai. The guy in there was good, though, and he actually listened to what I wanted. A huge pet peeve of mine is when a hair dresser doesn't listen to what you want. An hour later, I was out with a fabulous new haircut.

To make me feel a little less vain, I also went to the Chinese grocery store in Milan to pick up a few things. Upon returning to my car, I found that someone hit my bumper above the left front wheel! There was a dent about the size of two fingers on my poor Cinque Cento (the car's name is 500, but I find the Italian word more fun, and it rhymes as "Go, Go Cinque Cento"). I guess I need to preface this with the fact that I didn't do the best parking job in the world. There's just too many cars in the area, even though it was the start of the August holidays. Since the Cinque Cento is a relatively small car (think Mini Cooper crossed with a VW Bug) i figured if I was slanted just a little in the spot, it wasn't a huge deal and I could leave it in a spot that was slightly too small for it. That was the wrong assumption, I realized. I just hope the car rental company doesn't notice it....