First weekend out of florence-amazing gelato and people

Ciao! I know it's been a while but i've been busy doing so many things.  The last time I posted I was leaving for Torino and Milano.  So early friday morning I departed for Milan and got there around noon.  I met up with my roommate liz and we went and saw the duomo, the famous la scala theater, and then we ventured into the navigli district which had a lot of beautiful views.  That night we went out to dinner with her friend who we stayed with and had mexican food.  It was so good.  As much as i love italian food it was a nice change from pasta and bread that I eat nonstop here.  Then after we found the most amazing gelato place i've ever been to in my life.  It was brand new and cheap.  Before scooping the gelato they put in melted chocolate into the cone and then put the scoops on top.  Amazing. Pure bliss.  The next day we went to some castle in milan and then took the train to torino.  I absolutely loved torino.  It was so beautiful and non-touristy.  That day we checked into our hotel and walked around and went to the famous mole cinema museum which was pretty sweet.  At the bottom of the museum (it's four stories) they have really comfy seats which you can watch movies on.  Liz and i fell asleep there for a good 30 mins ha.  After that we went to Eataly which is basically half supermarket/half restaurants.  In it, they had various stations (i.e. the vegetable station, pasta station, gelato, fish, etc) and you could sit down pay like 2 euros and get a sampling of food.  Such a great dinner.  The next day liz wasn't feeling well at all so she took an earlier train home and i ventured out by myself.  I first went to a modern art museum by myself called GAM that was pretty cool.  It had a bunch of picasso works and one of andy warhols paintings.  Next I walked around into the center, and then stumbled upon a fresh food market.  I was asking a woman about her earings that she was selling and then she asked me in italian where i was from so i told her the U.S. and then in English she said "me too."  It turns out she is originally from Minneapolis and came out to study in italy on a whim.  She ended up falling in love with an italian and has been living outside of torino for 17 years.  She told me about how she completely went the opposite direction she had originally planned but wouldnt have it any way else.  She's now working as a translator and makes and sells earings for fun on the weekends.  Really interesting.  It was great talking to her though.  Then after that i ventured up a hill that had a gorgeous view of all torino.  It was spectacular.  After that I went back to the hotel and relaxed for a little bit.  I ended up befriending the receptionist who was hilarious.  His name is Gianluca and we chatted for a while.  He was telling me about how he is obsessed with america and loves the oscars and will and grace.  He also was a celine dion fanatic and told me that his lover really liked mariah carey.  I told him that mariah carey is from ny and then he proceeded to call his lover and tell him that and i talked to the guy on the phone.  We exchanged emails and i recommended a good restaurant to them in florence (they are visiting this upcoming weekend).  Overall it was a great weekend.  Really interesting experience.  Unfortunately my prague trip got cancelled this weekend (due to the weather) so i think i'm going to go to venice for carnival instead.  Anyways i'll keep you posted.  Sorry for the novel. I had lots to write,