Life in the Living Museum
While out with my camera around Christmas in central Milan last year, I spotted what looked like a new rooftop restaurant, bar, club or whatever, right next to the entrance to the elegant Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade.I have investigated and have discovered that the structure is a gourmet … [Read more...]
If you ever come to Milan, do keep an eye open for the city's majestic doorways, several of which I photographed tonight.These doors are often referred to as 'portone' in Italian - which means, logically enough, 'big door'. Some are very high too and you wonder just why such high doorways were … [Read more...]
While the mafia has long been associated with Italy's poorer southern regions and Sicily, there is now strong evidence to suggest that the tentacles of organized crime in Italy have well and truly penetrated Italy's economic powerhouse - Milan. This penetration has occurred slowly and silently, … [Read more...]
First of all, you should know that Milan introduced a "congestion charging" system, known as the Ecopass, back in 2008. Well, the Ecopass "congestion charge" is actually a "pollution charge", but as from January 2012, it may well become a genuine "congestion charge".Under pollution charging … [Read more...]
I live in the the Via Paolo Sarpi area of Milan in Italy. It's a very pleasant neighbourhood which is close to Milan's centre and the city's impressive park, Parco Sempione.Recently, after much toing and froing, and not a little wasted public money, Paolo Sarpi has finally been … [Read more...]
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