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Recap of Italy!

Milano. Or Milan as non-Italians would say. As I would find out everything in Italian has to end with a vowel cause it sounds better. Haha.

Landed in Milan Bergamo which is like an hour away from the actual city centre of Milan. But with Ryanair what more could one expect. Then got met at the station by Caroline who I haven't seen in like a bajillion years. Fine, more like a year and a half. Which is agesss.

Then it was off to dinner in a random restaurant on the way back to the hotel.

Three things I learned:
1. Food is not that expensive. You can get a pizza(of a large decent size) for 7euros or less.
2. Transport is cheap as well. Much like Paris where one-way on the metro only costs 1euro.
3. It is Italian law that they must serve you fresh food. Otherwise there's a massive fine.

So different from the UK. Don't understand why everything here is more expensive =/.

Next morning got up pretty early to go to the tour meeting point. Honestly I would never opt to go for a paid tour. It's just so boring and I detest walking around the city with the earphone in my ear which just screams TOURIST.

My first ever espresso. Can totally see why people are addicted to it. 

Wish I had a better pic of the Duomo so that you can see just how pretty it is. 

Fully covered in marble it was definitely the prettiest Duomo I've seen. 

The sole reason for taking a tour.

Since only 25 people are allowed into the room where The Last Supper is, tickets sell out the moment they go on sale(bout 4 months before). Being in Milan, how can one miss the opportunity to see such a masterpiece. And what a masterpiece it was. I'm not much of an art person so for me to say that standing in front of it took my breath away is quite something. Definitely one thing that should be on everyone's bucket list. 

After that it was on to lunch. Went to find a place called Panzerotti Luini just knowing that it was a must go to in Milan without even bothering to find out what kind of food to expect. 

Basically it sold this bread/doughnuty like thing. 

As soon as you turn the street corner the line you see is for the place. That was the view from the halfway point of the line. Bout half and hour wait. 

Pretty good for the price I suppose. Only 2euro50 for one which can be lunch. Their savoury ones are better than their sweet ones though. 

Spent the rest of the day just wandering around as there isn't much else to see in Milan. 

Oh and there were these water fountains around the city. If you didn't know any better you'd be tilting your head and trying to drink the water from a way awkward position getting a neckache in the process. The trick is to use your finger and press it against the flow of water. There's actually another opening on the top where the water will come out through making more of a drinking fountain. 

First two scoops of gelato. Pistachio and mixed nuts.

They say that you should have gelato everyday while visiting Italy. So let's just see what my total count will be at the end of the trip. 

After that it was aperitivo time! Where you pay for a drink(6-10 euros) and you get to eat from a buffet style finger food spread. Could be a substitute for dinner but really a proper dinner is better. 

That's the end of Milan. Bologna next =).