Juliana's Lair » milan

Flashback: Puerto Rico And Italy

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:47:19 +0000

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 [...]

An Afternoon In Via Montenapoleone

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:33:22 +0000

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 [...]

The Vittorio Emanuele Galleria

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:52:28 +0000

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 [...]

The Last Leg

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:54:56 +0000

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 [...]