Perhaps the only grocery store where selling train tickets makes sense

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.) 

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).

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