Milano Marittima, Italy - Adventures continue

Front of station

Running back to the platform with 'milano' on it, I jumped on the train and confirmed with TWO other people that it was the train to Milano. At 13.30 I got concerned as my ticket said the train was supposed to leave at 13.19. An english speaking local told me 'Thats Itailian trains for you, never on time!'. I wasnt too concerned as I knew I had now missed the very train departing Milano for Geneve that I was trying to change my reservation for! (I had only allowed a 15min connection). 10mins into the trip I realised the train was stopping at every station instead of being express. I then reaslised, with the help of the ticket man that I was on the wrong train, the slow boat! Suddenly I realised I might miss the 16.25 train from Milano (the one I did have a reservation for) and got concerned. 'no problemo' says the ticketman, 'we arrive in Milano at 15.45, plenty of time!' (think of heavy italian accent). I relaxed until the train spent an unusal amount of time 2 stops from Milano. There was an announcement in Itailian and everyone stood up and got off the train! Alone, I quickly repacked my bag and caught up with the crowd. THey boarded another train nearby. On board, I found a man who spoke broken english/german and he told me the other train was Kaputt and we now take a slower train. I then found out the train I was on didnt go to the centrale station!! To cut a long story short I ended up on a metro in the middle of Milano not knowing where I was or where I was going. When I realised Id missed my 16.25 train to Geneve on cue a guy got on the train, stood next to me in the crowded metro and started playing the accordian he was holding. It was an eelectronic accordian too that made classic circus music - so appropriate! 'Welcome to Italy!!' the man I was following said over the top of the chaos. He was the same guy who I had kinda explained my situation to on the train and offered to take me to the metro. Just before he got off the train, he told me to get off in two stops. So I was left alone, with the circus music and my backpack. I can tell you, I got some weird looks when I started to laugh uncontrollably, but oddly I felt as though I fit right in. I think Im going to like ITALY. Its like organised Chaos.

My train is at 18.25 from Milano and I should arrive in Genieve sometime around 10pm. Should be interesting as I have no booking and dont even know where the hostel is.... haha. I love travelling!