Yet another accident today right outside my house.  A motorcyclist hit a car, and was taken away by ambulance, not half an hour ago. I've lost count of the number of accidents in this place, but it seems as though there is at least one a week.  Yes, the junction where the Via Aleardo … [Read more...]

We all remember the sad case of poor Maddie McCann, the little English girl who disappeared while her parents where on holiday in Portugal, well, my other half possibly managed to avert a similar situation yesterday, Sunday, in Milan. … [Read more...]

I was out with our dog when I noticed another dog on the other side of the road.  It was off its leash and appeared to have wandered into the road.  The owners seemed to be a Chinese family: mother, father, and child in stroller.  Unusual, I mused, you don't see that many people of Chinese … [Read more...]