As the check in time is still 2 hours away when we reached the hotel, we deposited our luggage at the reception and went out to find food. The streets seems to be quieter near our hotel. We walked passed a restaurant with many Chinese staffs, so we decided to try out the food. My husband ordered a set of chicken with potatoes and spaghetti and i ordered beef and potato. The drinks of course are soft drinks, no beer is allowed for me. The chicken taste like our herbal chicken while the beef is totally tasteless with no sauce added. I took a few bit only. Luckily the potatoes and spaghetti tasted fine. After the meal we went to our hotel for the check in and proceed to walk to the nearest Metro to explore Milan.The Metro train was pretty easy to follow like out MRT. The first place we visit is the Duomo station. After coming out from the train station, the first attraction that we saw is the Duomo Milan Cathedral.
It looks very beautiful on the outside and many tourists were seen taking pictures there. The sky was slightly dark when we were there but we manage to get some shots of the Church. There was a shopping centre nearby selling branded goods like Prada, Louis Vuitton..etc. We went in to have a look and the design of the bags were quite different from those in our Singapore branch. Prices is about the same range though. These boutiques closed very early also, by around 6 pm they are preparing to close. Although i was tempted to buy , but after thinking twice i did not. I actually seldom carry my branded bags or wear accessories whenever i go out. I prefer to look simple and casual. I knew it will be kept in my wardrobe for a long time if i bought it. I do love to shop for beautiful dresses as i think most woman looks nice in dresses. During this trip i did not buy another clothing as i do not know whether it will still be the correct size after my delivery. Then we saw a magnum ice-cream shop which quite a big counter and we decided to try it. Beside selling ice-cream , they also have coffee and other desserts. They make the Magnum ice-cream special by letting us chose the coating of the ice-cream and to add three types of toppings on the ice-cream.
Their toppings are very special too. My husband chose the spices toppings and the ice-cream taste spicy. Mine was abit of sweet and sour . Even though Milan was abit colder in the night compare to the morning, we do not feel very cold after eating the ice-cream. We actually felt that Paris was abit colder or windy even during the daytime. We continue to explore the surroundings and after walking for quite a long long time, we came to this Castle call the Castello Sforzesco. It was very dark but we can still see some lightings outside the castle. We will be exploring this castle on another day and we continued to stroll down the park near the castle. There was a Milano Film Festival held at the park where they had a big projector screen in the middle of the park. The movies were screened on scheduled time in Italian. People were seen drinking and chatting in the event. We stayed for awhile and we proceed to find our way back to the Metro to go back to our hotel. The Metro in Milan seems to be slightly different from Paris and similar to our MRT. Big dogs are allowed to board the train and they usually are well-behaved. They also have CCTV monitoring in the train as we can see from their tv screen located at each door, occasionally there are screening of what is happening in the train. We felt quite safe throughout the train ride as people doesn't seem to push each other in the train even in a packed train and luggage, stroller and big dog can still fit in. Nevertheless there are still some loop holes as we discovered some people did not buy train ticket but they knew how they could enter and get out of the station without the ticket. There are not many station staff seen at the control station usually and if you are lucky you can find gantry door not locked. Whenever we came out from the Metro station in the night to walk back to the hotel, i always felt very cold because of the strong wind at night. Luckily we always prepared ourself with extra jacket in our bags. As we walked back to the hotel, we saw a bus transformed into a stall selling nice smell food.
We bought a burger from the stall and we quickly walked back to our hotel as it was rather quiet on the street at about 10pm. I also realized the woman usually wear a pant underneath the dress to protect themselves from the cold wind and perhaps for safety reason too. That night , we had our supper, a great bathtub shower and a goodnight sleep. The next day we will be going to the Fidenza Village for shopping again.
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