The alcove with the ATM and TVM was also full of easter stuff on this trip, which is what attracted me over here. However, you can get a glimpse of Eataly's prices from this view -- I don't think these were even the most expensive options they sold, but both the chocolate eggs and the colomba visible here go up to around €50 (for context, I spent around €5 per colomba and €10 per egg at Tigre, and those weren't by any means the cheapest options; no-name and store brands of each can go for as little as €2-3 on sale at normal supermarkets). The €30 ones in the foreground are actually reasonable, though, since they're larger than normal and have cool 3D decorations, and I might have bought one if not for the difficulty bringing it home (I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have fit in my carry-on, especially in its large box, and there's no way it would have survived being sent through checked luggage).
Even with it being over a decade since Eataly took over, you can still buy train tickets in this former train station! I knew there was a Trenitalia ticket vending machine in this store, but I was surprised to see someone actually using it when I was here. I suppose it carries on the Italian tradition of buying transit tickets in regular stores (though traditionally it was newsstands and convenience/tobacco shops that sold them), and there's probably less risk of being pickpocketed here than at a normal station vending machine. (My parents were very worried about people stealing from me on this trip, but as far as I can tell, no one even tried the entire time I was there -- it helps that I rarely ended up in any sort of crowded area.)
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