Spot a Milan Aperol Spritz
Find a bright-orange Aperol Spritz on a café table during the daily aperitivo hour. Photograph the orange.
Spot a Milan caffè in tiny cup
Find an espresso served in a small porcelain cup with a sugar packet on a bar counter. The Milan stand-up bar. Photograph the bar.
Spot a Milan cotoletta
Find a cotoletta alla milanese (breaded veal cutlet, similar to Wiener Schnitzel but with the bone). Photograph the cutlet.
Spot a Milan fashion boutique window
Find a Quadrilatero della Moda boutique window (Versace, Armani, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana). Photograph the window display.
Spot a Milan fashion-week poster
Find a fashion-week poster, banner or shop-window announcement (especially February and September). Photograph the poster.
Spot a Milan Liberty (Stile Liberty) facade
Walk Porta Venezia and find a Stile Liberty (Italian Art Nouveau) facade (Casa Galimberti, Casa Campanini). Photograph the lace iron and floral tiles.
Spot a Milan Metro M
Find a red M sign at any Milan Metro entrance. Photograph the sign.
Spot a Milan risotto alla milanese
Find a plate of risotto alla milanese (saffron-yellow) on a restaurant table or menu. Photograph the yellow.
Spot a Milan Stazione Centrale facade
Find the Stazione Centrale di Milano, the 1931 Art Deco/Fascist-era station. Photograph the immense facade or the iron-and-glass platforms.
Spot a Milan tram (orange or vintage)
Find a Milan tram on its route. Bonus for the vintage ATM Class 1928 wooden trams still on tracks 1, 2 and 3. Photograph one passing.
Spot a Milan Vespa parked
Find a Vespa parked on a Milanese street. Photograph the chrome.
Spot a moka stove-top coffee pot
Find a Bialetti moka pot in a shop window, on a café counter or behind a glass display. The eight-sided aluminium silhouette. Photograph it.
Spot a Murano glass piece
Find a Murano glass shop with hand-blown vases, chandeliers, fish or millefiori pendants. Photograph the colours.
Spot a Murano glass-blowing demo
Take a vaporetto to Murano and find a glass-blowing workshop with the furnace and glassblowers at work. Photograph the molten glass.
Spot a nasone fountain
Find a nasone (the iron drinking fountains scattered through Rome with a long curved spout). Photograph someone drinking from it or the water arc.
Spot a Naviglio canal
Walk to the Naviglio Grande or Naviglio Pavese and find the canal with the cafés and apartments lining it. Photograph the canal.
Spot a Panettone box
Find a Panettone (Milanese Christmas cake) in a bakery or shop. Year-round in pastry shops, peak in December. Photograph the dome cake.
Spot a panino (Tuscan sandwich)
Find a Tuscan panino (often porchetta, prosciutto and pecorino on a soft schiacciata bread) at a shop like All'Antico Vinaio. Photograph the sandwich.
Spot a panino or supplì
Find a panino (Italian sandwich) or a fried supplì (rice-and-ragù croquette) at a counter or in someone's hand. Photograph it before the first bite.
Spot a papal flag
Find a yellow-and-white papal flag with the crossed-keys emblem (Vatican area, religious shops, in front of churches). Photograph it.
Spot a pasta plate
Find a plate of pasta on a trattoria table or in a restaurant window (cacio e pepe, carbonara, amatriciana, gricia, the four Roman classics). Photograph the plate.
Spot a pecorino cheese wheel
Find a Tuscan pecorino cheese wheel in a cheese-shop window or market stall. Photograph the wax-rimmed wheel.
Spot a piazza statue with pigeons
Find any major Roman statue (Bernini's Four Rivers, Marcus Aurelius on the Capitoline) with pigeons perched on it. Photograph the irreverent gathering.
Spot a Ponte Vecchio jewellery window
On the Ponte Vecchio find a jewellery-shop window with gold rings, brooches or Florentine cameo work. Photograph the window.