Friday, March 16, 2007
Last full day in Italy today! It was walking around the neighbourhood in the morning, finding another big church just near the hotel and then buying some stuff at the supermarket. Everyone just fell asleep for most of the afternoon after that. Then, our host brought us to this place she called the "outlet". I died and went to shopping heaven. You would too.This outlet was like the bastard child of our Paragon and Queensway shopping centre! It was factory prices of branded goods like Guess, Levis, Adidas, Nike, the list would go on and on, throughout the whole place! It was a very, very beautiful place to shop too.
Pictures
Typical street markets found throughout Rome, and probably Italy, selling mostly imitation goods.
Big church.
Statue.
Another statue.
Closer view of the church.
McDonald's, they have taken over the world.
Sakura trees in Italy!
Lime beer! Actually, it tastes like a stronger Jolly Shandy.
Hotel entrance.
Shopping heaven!
More heaven!
Big Nike store!
Big Levis store!
Adidas was expensive ):
Italians love to bring their pets shopping.
30 to 70 percent price reductions!
Getting crowded as the day draws to a close.
Ain't the streets so nice for shopping? They really make you want to buy and buy, and the prices too. I can't believe that futsal ball that was priced at over forty dollars back in Singapore I think just cost me five euros here! Yeah, I bought two. Haha.
I think I'll really miss this charming place when I leave at noon tomorrow. What a beautiful city, and what low prices today.
If you're ever coming to Italy, here are some things you need to know!
1) Dinner starts around 8 to 9 at night, which is pretty late compared to most Singaporean families.
2) Learn some Italian! As with most European countries, most things like menus are printed in their own national language. So you might order things you don't want to eat.
3) Shop at supermarkets! You really need to find one. A damn mamak shop charged us like 3 euros (about S$6) for a bottle of mineral water, while it was fifty cents at the supermarket. Just because we are tourists. ):
4) Learn to drink alcohol! If at Italian hosts a meal for you, there will be alcohol. Learn to stomach it.
5) And, finally, control your urges to shop at places other than the outlet! I swear, you won't regret it!
