While you do get to wake up in a different foreign port every day and enjoy whirlwind exploration that feeds your sense of adventure, there’s a lot more that you…
If you mainly associate Leonardo Da Vinci to his world-famous artworks, The Mona Lisa and The last Supper, flying machines and anatomical studies, then here’s one more engineered marvel to…
Only after I had checked in, did I realise that I stood out from the rest of the valued guests staying at the Westin Palace Hotel. Most of them were…
Fashion, frescoes, five stars and first class service. Chances are that you’re in Milan to shop until you drop or tour galleries and museums, but with a luxury suite at…
Why walk when you can explore the city on wheels… At first glance, it looks nerve-wrecking – like an accident waiting to happen – and if you’ve ever seen anyone…
I hopped off the train at 11:30 and was relieved to see the friendly face of Claudia Sclavi, a striking lawyer who I first met at the La Vendemmia event…
Now more than ever, I just cannot believe that Milan’s majestic Duomo – the fifth largest church in the world – was built by mankind. I thought that having stepped…
Every time I am accompanied by friends from abroad, I insist that we set aside one day away from the bustling streets of the fashion capital to take in the…
I did a very bad thing today. I shovelled down – not one – but two cups of gelato! And while these two wrongs definitely don’t make a right, I…
If you plan on visiting Saronno on a Sunday, be warned, this quaint little town does not wake from its slumber before 2pm. I arrived (with my umbrella in hand)…
I discovered a new part of a Milan today, all because of a two-bedroom apartment available for rent in Via Pietro Gassendi. I had a look around the recently-renovated place,…
Dear City of Milan, I am your greatest fan so please don’t regard this post as negative but rather as constructive criticism – after all, I do want you to…
Firstly, I think I am finally getting the hang of the train system in this place. And secondly, when Italians say “It’s far”, they actually mean it’s 10 – 15…
After reading Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist and The 4-hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss, my ‘someday’ plan to experience Italy and live my dream took shape quicker than I expected….
It’s official, I made it through my last week of being a spectator of life, watching the outside world pass from my office desk, through the lenses of my limited…
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