The following blog is a rundown of the weekend of February 20th, in Lugano Switzerland compliments of Matt Perrone.........Enjoy!
The flight was filled with Italian high-schoolers who all seemed to be getting busy on the flight. Budman hit me with Easy E, his club manager and a surprise guest during the airport pick-up venture. Easy knew how to cruise on the highway with the best of em’, call him the Swiss version of Mario Andredi. We just kicked it at Bud’s crib on Thursday night, rested up for Mitchell’s arrival. The next day I got to experience the quality service of the local spot, ABC, the Italian restaurant that the American trio goes too religiously. Budman and I walked downtown Lugano, got to see the lake and a carnival parade. Mitch strolled in during team’s evening practice Friday night and the Budman-Mitchell combination ran shit like old-school SC times. The practice was entertaining, gave me a chance to cop a pic of Bud and Mitch in action together.
Next was the second trip to ABC with a quality chicken meal to prep our stomachs for a long night of Festivities. We then proceeded to pre-game with Chris and Noah at the crib. Vodka, Redbull, Apple Juice, Beers, more Beers, Whisky and Coke throughout the night… need I say more? We hit Bro Bro (Nicky P) up with a B-Day call with Kyto on the line. Wishing Nick a Happy Birthday was a must. We later took the train where I got a pic of the classic Budman in action with a honey-dip from (Indonesia)..? Carnivale was an experience to say the least. We met the coach, mister smiles, at the first tent. Got some beers and moved on to the 50’s tent where we got down on the swing dance experience. Beers, sausages, and kebab’s were defiantly a staple in our diet that night. We then met up with one of Bud’s teammates where he escorted us to the biggest and final tent of the night. Everyone seemed to finish the night with some nice fried goodness other than Bud who, and I quote, “Man, did I miss the food, I’m so hungry”.
We woke up on Saturday with aspirations of Lucerne and Zurich. The drive there was long and snowy, with a slight delay because of an unfortunate accident in one of the many tunnels through the Swiss Alps. The higher we climbed the more breathtaking the scenery got. We stopped in Lucerne for lunch and got an amazing egg, potato, and bacon skillet, accompanied with some of the softest bread in all of Switzerland. We got to Zurich around 2 and walked around the shopping district. We hit a bar up for lunch and ended up having about 6 rounds of beers and jack and cokes. The bar was packed with Manchester City, FCZ, the Zurich squad, and Liverpool supporters. We stayed for hours rockin' to the sweet serenade of Bob Marley and Marvin Gaye covers, and got some bangin’ burgers except for Bud who ordered noodles…? We got lost on the way home and almost ended up in Austria, good work pilot and co-pilot(Bud and Mitch). We got home at 2:30am and stayed up worried about rat-mice and black cats coming out of the closet. (Mitch thought my cough was an animal coming out the closet.
Mitch left the next morning, and Bud & I just chilled in Lugano for the day. Went to Bud’s practice and wrote this blog, then went to dinner and the Irish Pub for drinks our last night.
The flight was filled with Italian high-schoolers who all seemed to be getting busy on the flight. Budman hit me with Easy E, his club manager and a surprise guest during the airport pick-up venture. Easy knew how to cruise on the highway with the best of em’, call him the Swiss version of Mario Andredi. We just kicked it at Bud’s crib on Thursday night, rested up for Mitchell’s arrival. The next day I got to experience the quality service of the local spot, ABC, the Italian restaurant that the American trio goes too religiously. Budman and I walked downtown Lugano, got to see the lake and a carnival parade. Mitch strolled in during team’s evening practice Friday night and the Budman-Mitchell combination ran shit like old-school SC times. The practice was entertaining, gave me a chance to cop a pic of Bud and Mitch in action together.
Next was the second trip to ABC with a quality chicken meal to prep our stomachs for a long night of Festivities. We then proceeded to pre-game with Chris and Noah at the crib. Vodka, Redbull, Apple Juice, Beers, more Beers, Whisky and Coke throughout the night… need I say more? We hit Bro Bro (Nicky P) up with a B-Day call with Kyto on the line. Wishing Nick a Happy Birthday was a must. We later took the train where I got a pic of the classic Budman in action with a honey-dip from (Indonesia)..? Carnivale was an experience to say the least. We met the coach, mister smiles, at the first tent. Got some beers and moved on to the 50’s tent where we got down on the swing dance experience. Beers, sausages, and kebab’s were defiantly a staple in our diet that night. We then met up with one of Bud’s teammates where he escorted us to the biggest and final tent of the night. Everyone seemed to finish the night with some nice fried goodness other than Bud who, and I quote, “Man, did I miss the food, I’m so hungry”.
We woke up on Saturday with aspirations of Lucerne and Zurich. The drive there was long and snowy, with a slight delay because of an unfortunate accident in one of the many tunnels through the Swiss Alps. The higher we climbed the more breathtaking the scenery got. We stopped in Lucerne for lunch and got an amazing egg, potato, and bacon skillet, accompanied with some of the softest bread in all of Switzerland. We got to Zurich around 2 and walked around the shopping district. We hit a bar up for lunch and ended up having about 6 rounds of beers and jack and cokes. The bar was packed with Manchester City, FCZ, the Zurich squad, and Liverpool supporters. We stayed for hours rockin' to the sweet serenade of Bob Marley and Marvin Gaye covers, and got some bangin’ burgers except for Bud who ordered noodles…? We got lost on the way home and almost ended up in Austria, good work pilot and co-pilot(Bud and Mitch). We got home at 2:30am and stayed up worried about rat-mice and black cats coming out of the closet. (Mitch thought my cough was an animal coming out the closet.
Mitch left the next morning, and Bud & I just chilled in Lugano for the day. Went to Bud’s practice and wrote this blog, then went to dinner and the Irish Pub for drinks our last night.
"Enjoy the Journey"
Love
Bud
Love
Bud
