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So then came the glorious day that me and my mother went to the world Expo, which was hosted by Milan this year. We thought it might be nice to experience something like this once, at it is a really unique experience. However, we didn't really think of the fact that a lot of people would attend this world expo. And I really do mean a lot of people.
This lovely sight greeted us in the morning:
We started to reflect a little bit: was this a good idea? Maybe... not?
Definitely not.
We queued for around 20 minutes for the Ireland pavilion (the expo was divided into pavilions of each country. Each pavilion was a seriously huge building. The expo was enormous!), only to discover that it was really boring (It mainly focussed on the fact that there are farms in Ireland. Thank you very much, I was well aware of that).
That's when we decided that we wouldn't que for hours and hours on end for popular countries such as Japan, the UK, and Italy. Indeed, we wouldn't que for anything and just enjoy the 'unique experience' by sampling food at stands that weren't teeming with people and go to some countries where you at least had the idea that you were able to move around a little bit, without waiting in line first.
And, granted, there was some really nice architecture (they really made an effort, although I can't see what they are going to do with all these huge buildings now that the expo has ended):
And we also had some fun, of course:
But, at the end of the day (when the entrance still looked exactly the same as the picture shown above), we decided that it was a very nice once-in-a-lifetime experience. Like, seriously, never again.
This lovely sight greeted us in the morning:
We started to reflect a little bit: was this a good idea? Maybe... not?
Definitely not.
We queued for around 20 minutes for the Ireland pavilion (the expo was divided into pavilions of each country. Each pavilion was a seriously huge building. The expo was enormous!), only to discover that it was really boring (It mainly focussed on the fact that there are farms in Ireland. Thank you very much, I was well aware of that).
That's when we decided that we wouldn't que for hours and hours on end for popular countries such as Japan, the UK, and Italy. Indeed, we wouldn't que for anything and just enjoy the 'unique experience' by sampling food at stands that weren't teeming with people and go to some countries where you at least had the idea that you were able to move around a little bit, without waiting in line first.
And, granted, there was some really nice architecture (they really made an effort, although I can't see what they are going to do with all these huge buildings now that the expo has ended):
And we also had some fun, of course:
But, at the end of the day (when the entrance still looked exactly the same as the picture shown above), we decided that it was a very nice once-in-a-lifetime experience. Like, seriously, never again.
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As far as I know, the buildings are still there, by the way
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