If I can only travel to just 1 country for my entire exchange, I will choose Italy. The whole country is just so amazing. At the same time, this is also the country that set your budget back by the biggest extent. A 6 day trip to Italy from Maastricht costs approximately 1,000 euros (excluding shopping and hostel), but the value from the fun and adventure definetly exceed this figure..!
We took a flight from Brussels and landed at Milan Bergamo airport. From the airport, we have to take a bus shuttle to get to the cantral station. Tickets for the bus shuttle can be purchased from the counters at the airport. Tickets cost around 6 euros each if you get the packaged ones (3 tickets per pack) and the journey may take between half hour or up to 1.5 hour, depending on the traffic conditions.
When alighting at the central station, get a 10-trips multiple ticket from the subway station for about 9 euros. This ticket will allow you to take 10 trips on the subway and trams, perfect if you intend to spend 3 or 4 days in Milan. Food, pizza, pasta and gelato is a must must must try...! After you tried that, you will find that the other pizzas out there are not worth mentioning. Gelato have so many flavours that you will have trouble thinking which one to begin with.
Milan
Be prepared to feed the train ticket machine with lots of money if you intend to travel within Italy by train. A 2nd class return trip to Venice will cost at least 60 euros while return ticket to Modena cost around 40 euros. But thats the best way to get around Italy assuming that you do not miss your train.
Venice
Modena
I also went to Rome and the air ticket from Bergamo to Rome cost 70 euros (Single way). Lots of tourist spots there and a wonderful place to take pictures. You may want to invest in a good camera before coming on the exchange trip. Otherwise you may end up just like us, unable to capture the full view of the places and scenery.
Rome
Rome
Rome
Night scenes in Rome is just so beautiful and its just so worth it to wait for the sky to turn dark before we come out for ohoto shots again.. Woohhooo..
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