Along with our cultural assignment, we were given a bonus assignment to attempt to decode. All day we were trying to figure out what exactly this clue meant, “Not just a bull’s eye in a different color, but a completely different concept of retailing. If you find one, you need to find another”. It didn’t make any sense to us at first. We walked around all day trying to find targets and bags or just anything we could find to give us clues. Not even the people who are from Milan could help us; everyone just sent us to the fashion district thinking we just wanted to buy a new tote bag. Then we saw a girl carrying a bag that had the same target symbol on it that we were looking for. The bag said 10 Corso Como on the side and the second we saw that, we knew where to go.
-At the Outlet!
The entire trip our Professors have been stressing about a discrete hole in the wall shop that they just adored. Hearing Professor St. Jean bring this up multiple times, Kim decided to look it up and draw herself a little map. The second she pulled a map out of her bag and said she knew where to go; the entire energy of our group immediately changed to excitement. We all got so happy and immediately looked at another map to figure out how to get there. We got there as fast as we could out of excitement. When we reached Corso Como we asked the first person we saw if they recognized the bull’s eye symbol. He immediately directed us to an entrance to what seemed like a garden. However, when we walked in the clue was perfectly clear.
10 Corso Como is comprised of a luxury brand retail space along with a trendy café. After we perused the store we decided we deserved a celebratory cup of cappuccino. While relaxing we stumbled upon a map that led us to the outlet store that was only about a block or two away. We quickly finished our coffee and bolted to the outlet. This proved more difficult to find then the store itself but that didn’t stop us! It was such an amazing feeling of accomplishment to have been the first team to find the bonus!
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