Good Weekend, Bad Weekend

The 442 Pub, Milan

Ah, spring is in the air.  It's almost feeling balmy in Milan at the moment, as winter starts to drift definitively away.And I wish the problems with my hosting service would drift away definitively too. I did not manage to post anything to this blog at the weekend.  Partially because of … [Read more...]

442 Pub Milan – New Banner

Down at my favourite watering hole there is a curious new flag with 'Four Four Two, Milan' on it. Although this flag, which can been seen on Facebook, appears to be English - red cross on a white background, not the Union Jack, interestingly enough, it is the flag of Milan.I have no idea why … [Read more...]

The day I met the president.

Touch Rugby Italiano

Yes, it's true, I met the president the other day, while I was watching rugby at the 4-4-2 pub here in Milan.However, as you may have guessed, the president I met was not the famous guy who runs the States from a big white house. Instead this president, one Massimiliano Natale, heads the Italian … [Read more...]

Four Four Two

UPDATE: Free Beer! After having a chat with Alessandro, the landlord, today, he agreed to offer readers of this blog the first two pints of beer ordered for the price of one. Not bad, eh?There is a catch. Isn't there always? This catch, not a big one, is that this offer is only open to the first … [Read more...]