Milan, Italy Well, I’ve caught the Point Park plague. Our group is struggling—cold medicine is being passed from person-to-person, we’re all in need of constant restroom breaks, and because we’ve barely gotten sleep, we’re consuming an excess of coffee in… Read More
Trip Blog!
May 16: Back to the grind
This morning we had our first media visit in Milan at the offices of Burson-Marsteller. The public relations firm works as part of the WPP group along with other communications agencies like Wavemaker and J. Walter Thompson. We first heard… Read More
The Taste of Campari
Waking up in Milan was the absolute best feeling ever. Milan was probably the closest city in all of Italy to Paris, and I fell in love with Paris when I was there in 2015, and I longed for a… Read More
Happy birthday to me!!
The day I’ve been waiting for this whole trip!! My birthday. Even though we had two media visits in one day, I still had an amazing birthday. I know Burson Marstellar didn’t actually know it was my birthday but it… Read More
Milano!
I was so sad to leave Venice. We left early in the morning to head out to Milan, our last stop on this amazing trip. The bus ride felt long, but I fell asleep for most of it. We got… Read More
Day 10: Our last stop – Milan
Today we traveled to what some call the fashion capital of the world and what we’re calling our last stop. We boarded the bus for another three-hour journey to Milan after a 6 a.m. wakeup call at our worst hotel… Read More
Day 11: Media everywhere!
First full day in Milan. We had a very full day today with two media visits, Burson-Marsteller & Rie. We had our first taste of Milan transport as we all crammed on busses to get to our first destination. Only a… Read More
Day Undici
Back on some media visits today. We started the day by visiting Burston-Marstellar. It is an ad/pr agency we had presenters that talked about all different topics. The two topics that stuck out to me most is when we talked… Read More
The One With Campari
Ah to wake up in fashion capital of the world! However, my shopping would have to wait as we had two media visits scheduled. First up, Burson Marsteller, a public relations firm. We were in for a whopping two and… Read More
Day 10 Pasta Report: Jolly Spaghetti
It was another 3 and a half hour bus ride, this time from Padua (near Venice) to Milan. There was one rest stop where we could use the restrooms, get snacks, and stretch for a little bit. At this point… Read More