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Again at home in Milan after 5 months
returned home to Milan at 2.30 tonight after an 10 hour flight from Bangkok to Istanbul where we have had delays and waits.
In the first plane I met Malcolm, a nice contemporary Australian who lives in Copenhagen, married to a Dane and with whom I spoke mainly about rock music and he knew some members of Pink Floyd, my favorite band.
Then I made friends in Istanbul with a Turin working for a company of the Fiat group and traveling from Chicago. ...
First Day in Italy!
... its location was less than stellar. It was pretty far outside the center of Milan, so it took forever via public transit to get around, or a fairly expensive taxi ride. Additionally, there wasn't a whole lot of action going on around the hotel. That aside, I was happy to be there and united with Jen. I rested for a little bit and got ready for our first Italian dinner. The group went together at 6:45pm to a restaurant down the street called La Legna. Jen and ...
Bellagio y llegada a Milán
... al camarero le ha hecho gracia que fuéramos españoles. Ha sido un toque costumbrista a un relato de carretera que ya toca a su fin.
Pero no antes de descubrir de primera mano lo caótica y desorganizada que es Milán, la que se supone que aglutina a la segunda zona urbana con mayor renta per cápita de toda Europa después de la Île-de-France y por encima del Greater London.
Impresiones nada más llegar: ...
Pueblos a la orilla del Lago Como
... en parte el hechizo de este lago que parece estar encantado por los duendes de la tranquilidad. Uno ha sido en los jardines de Villa Balbianello. Esperando el aquataxi estaba un padre norteamericano con tres churumbeles. Una de ellas profería unos gritos tan agudos que convertían a Nikka Costa en la más melódica rapsoda a su lado. El otro momento rompe-magias fue al lado de la Chiesa di Santa María Maddalena y su magnífico campanile al atardecer ...
The Last Supper
... dressed as the locals were looking remarably glamourous. From here we made our way back to the see The Last Supper which was a memorable experience. The dry frescoe painting is very fragile and has been carefully restored to show what is left of the original painting that was completed at the end of the 15th century. The security was intense and a lady even got told to delete a photo from ...


