We were in Milan a couple of weeks ago to visit Manuela, Andrea and their newborn baby girl Rebecca! Although there is more than a thousand kilometers in physical distance between us, this gap is clearly non-existant in terms of friendship and hospitality. We truly consider them one of our best friends. Virginie and Manuala worked together, back in the days when both of them were at Shell in The Hague living la vida loca as expats for Arinso. They became best friends and after Manu's departure from Arinso and The Netherlands, we try to meet them approximately once a year. Last year we were invited to their beautiful marriage in Napels and we'd also been in Milan before.
Here are some pictures from last year in Napels.
Let's get one thing straight: the best pizza, you eat in Napoli!
And yes, the middle picture above is the actual wedding party, although it might as well have been the miss Napoli beauty peagant ;)
When you're in Napels, of course you cannot resist visiting the remains of Pompei... 
This time, we were eager to see Rebecca for the first time! We met on Friday evening in a hip and trendy place, called Roialto. In a lot of bars you get great food for free during happy hours! Veronica, who also worked for Arinso in The Netherlands for some time, and Fabio managed to join us. 
Fulvio, our friend and owner of the best Italian restaurant in Rijswijk and surroundings, Gran Sasso, had bought a typical Dutch present for Rebecca...
The next day we visited the brand new family of three in their cosy appartment. 
Virginie obviously enjoys this as much as Rebecca does. Tic, tac, tic, tac... Is that the sound of a biological clock I hear ticking? :)
Later that day, Manuela and Andrea took us to Lago di Como, which is about 50 km from the centre of Milan. 
Needless to say that we were in a shopping spree (as is quite often the case...), but hey come on, Milan is the fashion capital of the world!!! 
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