In this first‑day vlog, Natalie Barnes documents her family’s arrival in Milan for a wedding trip. The video opens at the airport with the family (partner Sam, daughter Arabella, and parents) navigating check‑in, carry‑on restrictions, and in‑flight meals. After a long two‑plane journey, they land in Milan, check into Hotel Malpensa, and give a quick room tour, noting the view, amenities (shower, bidet, fan, breakfast nook) and the hotel’s TikTok‑famous design. Natalie mentions feeling ill—likely food‑poisoned from a plane‑served vegetable lasagna—resulting in vomiting on the flight and a sore stomach that forces her to skip the hotel’s 8 pm dinner. She spends the evening cleaning the room, packing for the next day’s drive to Lake Como, and selecting outfits for the wedding weekend. Throughout, she shares family interactions, humor, and excitement about the upcoming wedding (scheduled for Saturday), the Lake Como venue, and the rental car they’ll use for the trip. The vlog ends with a teaser for Day 2 in Lake Como and a call‑to‑action for subscribers.
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We're in Italy! Get set, go! Oh, checking our bags. We just got to the airport. Just got to We got some Starbucks. I got a chocolate croissant, my favorite. Arabella got— what'd you get? Daddy got her a bingo. What's in your hand? What did I get you? You got a yogurt drink. Sam got a caramel frappuccino, and then I got mango dragon fruit refresher. We have 2 carry-ons, my large dress. My mom's right there, Sam's coloring, and Arabella's on her iPad. We're about 2 hours early to our flight, so I'm hoping that they will let me hang my dress because when we first walked in and we checked in all our bags, they kind of gave us a hard time on if I could bring that on. We thought we were gonna have to check it, but that's not possible, so we're waiting for the flight attendants to come and then ask. Up, and now we're just waiting for 2 hours. Or, Air, tell them where we're going. We can't hear you. What? We're gonna go look at the airplane. Let's go see. Look at that! Um, yes, we can. To be our airplane. You think that'll be our airplane? Say cheese! Mommy, are these fixing? Um, I think they're loading people on plane. Who's stressed out? We're good now. They changed our seats, so now we're behind my mom and Arabella. I got lasagna, cookies, bread, cheese, dessert. I don't know what that is. And a Diet Coke. Sam got a shepherd's pie. Mine looks really good, and it's very good. We're in Italy! We are in Italy! We are currently in Milan, and we just checked into our hotel and just, just got off of the plane. We took such a long— oh, look at the birds! We took such a long plane ride, 2 planes, and it's currently, what, 4? I think 4 o'clock. You want to get down? Um, and we just checked into our hotel. I'm gonna do a little room tour for you guys. My stomach's been really, really killing me. I think I ate something bad on the plane or something didn't agree with me, but this is This is day 1 of our Italy vlogs. We're gonna be vlogging every single day. Only time I didn't really film was on the plane because I was throwing up because I didn't feel good. You slept the whole entire time, didn't you? What do you think of the plane? Did we go high, high up? It was nighttime, and then when we woke up, it was daytime, huh? I'm gonna show you guys a quick room tour of our room. And then I am going— and then I'm going to tell you guys what we will be doing today. Doing a tour. You want to lead the way? You want to lead the way? I like your boobs. Thanks. Okay, so this is where we are hanging like our wedding stuff, and then we have TV right there. We shut all the blinds because it was a little hot in here, but we have a couch. We have a bed, a bar. I already took a shower. This is the bathroom. It's like this. Shower. Already took a shower. We have a bidet. All day. And then we have Obviously the bed. I got us a fan. And then our luggage right here. But look at the view! This video doesn't even do it justice. My goodness, how be— oh, it's so nice out. It's like clean, clean air. How beautiful. And this is our hotel. Hotel Malpensa. But we're gonna go do a quick little walk around. But this is just stunning. People are biking. It's just like so beautiful, and it's gated. And this is like our little breakfast nook. Okay, so we are hanging out at the hotel. I think me and Arabella are gonna go for a walk. You want to go for a walk? Sam, I think, is going to sleep a little bit longer, and we are just chilling until dinner. We have dinner reservations at— yeah, we have dinner reservations at 8 o'clock at our hotel, Malpensa, and we are super, super excited. Sam already got the car, the rental car. So we will be using the car the whole entire time this trip. We have been waiting, waiting, waiting for this trip and it's finally here. This is our wedding trip and we're super, super excited for it. Um, we are getting married on Saturday. Today is Wednesday— Wednesday? No, today's Thursday. I don't even know what day it is today, but we're gonna spend the night here at Malpensa in Milan and And then we go over to Lake Como, which is on Friday, tomorrow. We see our venue, we meet our wedding planners and our officiant, and then just hang around the town. The plan is to go on a walk, just me and Arabella, around the hotel, see what we find. I think Sam's gonna go take a nap for a little bit, and I'm trying not to take a nap, but I'm super, super tired. But let's go walk around the hotel. Okay, walk out there. Mommy, smell like poop. Smells like poop. Yeah, smell like poop. It does kind of smell like poopy, huh? Oh, Mommy, flowers. How beautiful. No, cuz This is a road. Everything is cobblestone, but this is our hotel. Hotel Malpensa. Can you keep coming? Keep coming. No, keep coming. Like a little Paris. How beautiful. We found this hotel on TikTok, and it is literally stunning. Like, it doesn't even look real. Does this hotel look real? It doesn't even look real. We're going to go out here and go do a walk, but this is beautiful. Get set, go! Whoa, Buddha, your shoe fell off! The coffees are like not acidic. Oh really? And this is ginger, so it's ginseng. Is it good? It's hot. It's like ginger. What kind did you get? Both. We both— I ordered one, then he tasted it and we got another one. This is my third because yesterday I had one. A third of this and I don't even have a lump in my stomach. Oh my God, that's so good. It's like a dessert. Isn't it the best? Just left my mother-in-law and father-in-law. I'm gonna go lay down because my stomach really, really hurts, and hopefully I can get rest before dinner. Okay, this is what I'm wearing tonight. I really don't feel good, so I don't know how long I will be down there for dinner, but this is just my two-piece set and Yeah, with my little sha, I just like feel like I either got food poisoning or something, but I'm just gonna go down there for a little bit. Okay, well, since I'm back at the room and this really wasn't supposed to be, um, the plan for tonight, I think what I'm gonna do while everyone's at dinner is clean the room up because we're leaving tomorrow to go check into our hotel we're staying at the night of the wedding. Um, and this room is a disaster. So I think I'm gonna start cleaning it up. Everyone's still at dinner. Um, Sam is ordering me some rice because I really don't feel good. I haven't felt— I haven't felt good since I ate the lasagna, vegetable lasagna from the plane, which was my mistake. I never eat anything like that, and I ate the whole thing. So I tried to be It thinks I have mild food poisoning. That's fun. So what I'm gonna do now is pick out what outfit is going to be the vibe for tomorrow because we're driving from Milan to, um, Lake Como, and that is going to be like an hour drive. So I really want to be comfy. Hopefully I don't have to my pants, but we're gonna try and stay hopeful. So let's start cleaning up this room. Sam and I, when we got back to the room after the walk with Arabella, I decided to crash— crash and just take a nap, and that felt really, really good. Still want to like throw up a little bit, but I'm hoping it gets better. So let's clean the room up. Okay guys, that is it for today's video. I basically packed up the rest of the room. Let me show you that. Only thing that's like kind of a disaster is that one, but that's all. That's what I'm wearing tomorrow. And then that's all packed up in Sam's stuff. But since I missed dinner tonight at our hotel, I really, really wanted to show you guys what everyone else got. So this is the clip they got. No idea. Where's your haircut? You go over by Como? Yeah. I'm super, super sad I wasn't able to make dinner, but I feel like I needed either a break or something so my stomach could feel better for tomorrow. Anyways, guys, I hope you guys enjoyed watching this video. I'm super excited to show you guys day 2 of what we do in Lake Como, and our wedding day is close, I could cry. Don't forget to stay tuned and hit that subscribe button to follow me for more wedding content, realtor content, and everything in between. Anyways, guys, bye! No idea. Here's your haircut. Go over by Como Lake. Yeah, Arabella's sister.
