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Video Short: Out and About in Milan (Day 3)

Featured: Sforza Castle, Michelangelo’s unfinished pieta, Sant’ Eustorgio, Colonne di San Lorenzo, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, Aperitivo at L’Alter Bar

Aperitivo Time in Milan, Italy

Featured: Hugo Spritz €8 at L’Alter Bar, Aperol €14 and 2 glasses of Crodino €14 at Spritz Navigli Milano.

When in Milan, don’t skip the aperitivo tradition, a drink and a light meal at the end of the day as a prelude to dinner. It is meant to whet one’s appetite. Between 7pm and 9pm, Italians come together over a glass of wine or cocktail. A drink order comes with finger foods. In some bars, plenty of finger foods. Aperitivo is not supposed to replace dinner, but who’s going to object when it does?