Milan

From Lausanne, it’s a three-hour train ride; enough time to knock out some of Monday’s homework. Upon arrival, we left the train station, crossed the street and checked into our hotel. Our lovely teachers Signora Ciacci and Signora Vonlanthen gave us an hour or so to ready ourselves for dinner. Dinner was great, especially after the hour and a half wait. Then, we went out… to get some gelato. On the way there we passed multitudes of nightclubs… but finally arrived at the ice cream store, a gelateria.

The next morning was rough… because we had to wake up at 8:00am, on a Saturday! We got an early start and made our way to the Milan expo. It was packed. It seemed that all of Italy decided to go on the same day. It was great however. There were at least a hundred countries offering food from their country and little expositions about saving the planet. The group split in two. Some of us went to Brazil and Malaysia while others went to Japan and Poland to eat and look. Finally the group rejoined and together we went to Monaco via VIP passes. We passed the lines and after, we went to the VIP Room for drinks.

Afterwards, we made out way to Switzerland where an orange, a saltshaker and a coffee bean attacked us. The Swiss tour was a bit odd. We were granted unlimited access to salt, coffee and for the entire group, just one cup. The expo was fun anyway.

The last day before leaving we visited a museum. We saw many famous works, but we missed our reservation to the last supper, and they continued to dine without us. In other words we didn’t get to see it. Sadly it was closed off. But what we did get to see was the La Mariage de la Vierge, by Le Pérugin.

On our way back, there was worry about whether we’d make it to McDonald’s before making the train, but it all worked out. Late Sunday afternoon, we made it back to school, having spent a great weekend in Milan.

By Carter