Guys!! After having the time to rest and rejuvenate…i’m back to blogging business!! Oh…wait….well..maybe not really…as i couldn’t zzzzz well last night…..i don’t know was it because i’m anxious about coming back to work after a long weekend ? ( fairly unlikely), so was i too getting used to turning in late every nite during the long weekend that made me hard to adjust zzzz early ?? Well, whatever the reason might be, please pray that i will have a goodnite sleep 2nite..from preventing me turning into a Zombie.

Anyway, back from Italy for about sometimes now, can i still recall the details ?? I’ll try ok??

So…1st things 1st….i flew out to S’pore to join my sister and her 2 friends flying to our 1st stop for our holiday destination — Milan.

I was intrigued by the deco on the entrance @  Changi International Airport!! How creative they are to think of making the entrance into like a Christmas gift box?? So i had to take a picture of it !!!

Kawaii ??? Cute??

As soon as me & sis arrived @ the airport, we went to meet with our tourguide….and got our baggage checked-in..as well as getting our boarding pass!! Wohoo!! To Milan Babe!!

Yeap, that’s my real name after Chloe. Economy class!! Bugger. But anyway, will still try to enjoy as much as i can!!!Afterall im going to Milan yay?

Girl’s best stop —- Toilet. But hey, why does the toilet look like a tropical garden?? Damn nice lah can ??

We went to walk around the terminal abit…eventhough there aren’t any fancy shops….BUT….i still bought a whole load of things….things like hair clips….earings…so what is the best business to go into?? mmmmphhh…i would say a business that sell women’s stuff!!! Who agree with me please put their legs up!

Ok Ok just joking …..and then it’s time for boarding!!!

 

They just call for boarding and the screen already shows last call??? wtf? anyway….we were in the flight in time…so not to worry. haha.

 

Our plane!!! How come it’s not A380!!!! I quickly found the answer when i got into the plane…..because not many ppl fly to Milan!!!! Does that mean i’m the lucky few?? No lar hor….i’m never lucky in any particular sense…if u know what i’m talking about. Hehehehe.

So we did the normal as you will do when you are hauling on a long distance flight. Watch in-flight tv, eat whatever food they feed us, everything except —zzzzzz……which is such a torture! Imagine without enough sleep and arriving in Milan? Where do i get all the energy from to shop all the branded??? Uhh ???

Anyway, so after a long 12 hrs flight…..i can finally get a glimpse of MILAN city from the sky.

It was around 5:00am when we arrived. So the sky is still dark, but the lights of the city is already very attractive!

And then arriving @ the airport……….

can u believe this is how their airport looks like ?

Our Kuching airport looks better than them in this case yes???

But anyhow, no matter how fugly the airport is, must oso camwhore a bit lah hor….

I can totally understand what this poster is trying to say –

 

SEAMI ????? as in WHat?? in our own Hokkien language . 

Just like how we were so shock to see such “beautiful airport” when we arrived.

After we collected our bagggages…we went into the tour bus that is already waiting for us @ the bus carpark….

And then our tour starts…..can you believe that ?

The distance between the Aiport and Milan city is about an hour, so before reaching the city, we had a stop over @ their very famous “Autogirll”. Autogrill over in Italy is basically like a fast food chain that scattered across the country’s highway area. So if you are traveling to city by  city on automobil, whenever you want to make a stop break, you can always come here.

The huge chandelier caught my attention….and that basically was the most attractive thing in the shop. oh…how can we forget about the pastasssss??

Lots of them !!!!Comes in different shapes and sizes…and i mean literally….i will show you what i mean later…

Yummy Italian biscuits ??? Too bad they all come in huge packaging !!! How to bring back like that ??

And the we continued our jouney….

This walkie-talkie look alike thingy you see down here, basically is a device that we had to carry throughout our whole journey.  As in most tourist attraction areas, the local tour guides are being prohibited from shouting infront of their tour groups in order to explain the attraction. So that is why we were being given these mini headphones.

Our 1st destination……..

You know when you 1st arrived in a new country, you just couldn’t help yourself from getting excited. Since this is our 1st stop…we just keep snapping pictures as if after this stop we will be flying back to Singapore! Yeah i know, you can call this kinda action a “Sua gu” action.  Sua gu = country pumpkin.

Took the picture with trees and flowers infront of the building….so fascinating! Lets keep snapping pictures!!! Duh…bunch of sua gu.

This is one of the biggest travel agency in Europe, Trafalgar. Am i satisfied with their services?? Will tell you guys more on that later.

Me cam-whoring ! Hv to wear sunglasses in this case to cover up my “Panda eyes”….

More pictures on the Church !!! did u guys realise up until now i still haven’t explain to you guys what is the name of the Church?? That’s because i’m also recalling now……hehehee……

Ok….i guess i’ll just have to give up for now……….I cannot remember !! Seriously the building didn’t really catch my attention that much and i was tired as hell..so i wasn’t paying much attention, but if u guys really want to know…let me go dig up some information 1st ok ?

…More of me camwhoring !!

Just can’t get enough of the surrounding uhh ??

Just cannot get enough ………ahhh…bunch of Sua gu…

Still not enough ????

Ok Ok….finally a change of view…the fountain infront of the Church! That, by the way, is the early morning Sun!

And infront of the huge church!

 

Going inside of the Church………mmmm the building to me is not fascinating…compare to what we are ” IN” for, for the rest of the journey !!

Nothing great for camera in here……so i just took whatever that seemed appealing….

Some more view of the Church that i’ve forgotten the name of. Yeah you might say — Hey! What kinda blogger are you? Tell information tell half half one….Well, this is like a preview to all my fellow readers…so that next time it will be easier for you when u were to travel to Italy isn’t it ? You already got the pictures from here…and then when you are in Italy, all you need to do is remember the name!! Obviously…i didn’t bring my memory with me. Anyway…our Tour Guide said when there are too many Churches to remember….just put down — ABC = Another beautiful Church!! Awww..how thoughtful….and i’m gonna do exactly that here !!

So below is the internal compound of another ABC church !!

 

And while walking in the Church, something caught my attention…this huge Japanese lady in a Kimono!! It’s a preview of the exhibition that they are having in the building, which is call –Butterfly.

Have no idea how big is the statue ??

Well, this big …..

Don’t ask me why is she crying…because i have  absolutely no idea !!!

Back view of the ABC….

Another view….

My sis said — ” hey look @ the ruin behind the building! It actually looks better than the whole building itself….” and i kinda agree.

You will see a lot of mini size vans, lorries when you are in Italy. Reason being ?? Because the country is full of small lanes…and it will be easier if the vehicle comes in a smaller size.

And suprisingly…there are ppl selling chestnuts !! The smoke really can warm me a bit in a 5 degree weather !

Walking towards the city centre!! The early morning Sun sure is bright !!

passed by some bread shops…..funny though, i don’t smell any freshly baked bread fragrant.

Their Metro, or some people call it — Subway .

still walking…..

And there we can see…..the Duomo Church.

Along the way, we saw ppl selling fresh flowers….problem is, i saw a lot of nicer stalls somewhere around the world…so wasn’t so fascinated by this one…but anyhow, i still took a couple of pictures on it .

While walking half way…must cam-whore…..

And there it is….the beautiful church –Duomo!!! This ,  i would say is a beautiful church!

Ta da!!! If your eyes are sharp enough….on top of each pointed structure…stands a statue that’s made out of gold !!

Can see on top of the roof ?? the statues ??

Must cam-whore !! hehe around the square infront of the Duomo church!

Love the Lion in this statue !!

Inside the Duomo church. There was actually a service going on while we are in the Church. Silence…and no flash!!

Amazing ??

Beautiful coloured glass!!! You can find it almost in every church that we went to .

Beautiful ??

Structures @ the back of the church.

After we finsh touring the church…we then walked to a square where there is a Milan city symbol which appears on Alfa Romeo cars….and btw, Alfa Romeo is from Milan !!

Milan city symbols….

 

and then while d local tour guide was talking…i couldn’t help but notice these 2 shops…

and

Enough said.

However…this is not where the famous street of brandeds are……

This is the place to be !!! This street is full of all the branded from around the world okay ?? One thing i hv to salute ppl in Milan though is how well they dress.

Did u notice there are many small white cars along the street?? Those are not real cars but planter box !!! Sponsored by FIAT !!

Walking along the posh street !!

And then while walking arnd the street…i came across a familar named restaurant….OYA….OH YAH!! THey have one chain in Singapore !!!

@ least i know they are really from Italy now….hehe

Look @ their beautifully displayed cakes !!

Yum Yum ~~~

Cam-whoring outside one of the biggest departmental store in Milan !

After we’ve done our shopping…we walked along the streets of Milan until the Sun is almost set….and then it’s times up…and then we head back to our hotel, using our coach ofcourse!

Not gonna tell you guys what branded i bought….hehehe…..next stop…guess where in Italy ??

Btw, as i didn’t do any spell check on this post…so anything that looks really wrong or sounded really wrong…please forgive me..as i wanted to have this post up as soon as possible !! Sorry for the wait guys !!