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Today's words:

Che cosa puoi fare a Milano? = What can you do in Milan?

Che cosa = What

Puoi = You can

Fare = do

A Milano = in Milan

Puoi visitare il duomo e salutare la Madonnina = You can visit the cathedral and say hello to "la Madonnina", which is the little golden statue of The Virgin Mary at the top of the cathedral.

Puoi = You can

Visitare = visit

il duomo = the cathedral

e = and

salutare = say hello to

la Madonnina = the little Virgin Mary statue.

Panino = sandwich (literally means small bread).

Pane = bread

ino = word ending that means "small"

Puoi visitare il castello sforzesco = You can visit the Sforzesco Castle.

Con un parco bellissimo = With a beautiful park.

Puoi mangiare piatti tipici del Nord Italia, come il risotto = You can eat typical dishes of Northern Italy, like risotto.

Puoi = you can

Mangiare = eat

Piatti = dishes

Tipici = typical

Del = of the

Nord = North

Italia = Italy

Come = like

il risotto = the risotto

Puoi mangiare il panettone e bere il Prosecco = You can eat Panettone (a typical Italian Christmas cake, which is a Milanese speciality) and drink Prosecco.

Puoi fare "aperitivo" = You can do "aperitivo" (a cocktail with all you can eat nibbles)