So having been in Milan for 10 days and still not found anywhere to live, unsurprisingly I was beginning to despair slightly... That combined with a last minute discovery that I had a lecture at 8:30 on a Monday morning was not putting me in a particularly positive mood. But as luck would have it that morning I finally received an email back regarding a flat in the Navigli I'd wanted to view for ages. It turned out to be pretty perfect really - nice flat, decent sized room and living with two Italian girls so perfect for practicing my (terrible) Italian. So after contemplating my options over an incredibly chocolatey gelato in the duomo square and revisiting the flat in Loreto (where all the other rooms have been taken by guys), I made my final decision. So, at last, I have a flat!