The Center of Milan

Monday September 29th:

Alisa showed me around Milan today! We started by going to "Via Marina" for our good friend named (you guessed it) Marina! Then we headed to the very center of Milan and saw the castle. We didn't go inside because money and it's not castle-y but museums of other things. There were 3 big food trucks with gelato....except we missed the gelato festival by ONE DAY! this was super depressing but probably best for our health. I saw loads of different police cars and police. They do it a bit differently at home. We saw the regular police (polizia) as well as the bank police, military police (carabineri), and the traffic police. I liked all the cars and vans. We also saw actual military guys (perhaps carabineria in different uniforms?). Then we saw the "living room" of Milan which is a huge pretty shopping mall of sorts. I didn't dare go inside Louis Vuitton, Prada, or Versace but merely admired through the windows. Also, a touristy thing for good luck is to stand with your heel on the bull's balls and turn in a circle 3 times. Yes. You read that correctly. I had to participate.

For lunch we made our way to Luini where they serve panzerotti and many other delicious things. We went for the panzerotti fritti aka fried calzones. Mine had ham and mozzarella and was amazing! Marina was super jealous. We then admired the duomo of Milano (third largest in the world) from the cafe at the top of la Rinascente, a high end department store. Inside the cathedral was super pretty and awe inspiring. We then took a trip to see the bronze horse that Leonardo designed and the stadium where AC Milan plays. I was hungry and we passed a McDonalds so I had to try it. THEY HAD ICE IN THEIR SODAS AND IT WAS GLORIOUS! I miss ice. Also, have I mentioned that the light switches are on the outside of the room? I mean sure, turn on the light then go inside the room...works like a charm except for pranks and accidents. One of the girls on the quidditch team mentioned  that her mom would sometimes accidentally turn off the light in the bathroom when she didn't know someone was inside. I know Evan would take full advantage of this if light switches were on the outside of rooms at home. We finally made it back to Alisa's apartment where naps were first on the agenda. Now I'm mostly packed up and ready to move to Saronno tomorrow morning!

Buonanotte!