By J, on June 11th, 2009
The first half of the year is almost over. Normally at this time, we would have been to our first vacation destination already, as we normally go away twice every year. The string of commercial airliner mishaps since the start of 2009 had put a damper on our travel plans. As I have mentioned on [...]
By J, on October 25th, 2008
I just had to go there, no matter what. It didn’t matter that I know my husband would be one “unhappy man” once more, as I wrote in an article on my other blog. I knew, we were not going back to Milan again in the near future.
Via Montenapoleone is at the heart of the [...]
By J, on October 22nd, 2008
As my Frommer’s book indicated, the Vittorio Emanuele Galleria is the model from which American shopping malls emerged. It’s such a beauty, no wonder it took so long to complete. Construction of this mall started in 1865 and it was finally finished in 1877, which coincided with the death of its architect: Mengoni who plunged [...]
By J, on October 20th, 2008
Milan was our last stop. I was very delighted to finally get on the train because this meant it was going to be the last time I’m going to unpack and pack. I didn’t know it would be tiring. Although, we have traveled even longer in the past, we never had to go to four [...]
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