Juliana's Lair » milan http://julianaslair.com ~ married life in the city that never sleeps ~ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:47:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Flashback: Puerto Rico And Italy http://julianaslair.com/2009/06/11/flashback-puerto-rico-and-italy/ http://julianaslair.com/2009/06/11/flashback-puerto-rico-and-italy/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:47:19 +0000 J http://julianaslair.com/?p=2107 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 . . . → Read More: Flashback: Puerto Rico And Italy]]> http://julianaslair.com/2009/06/11/flashback-puerto-rico-and-italy/feed/ 14 An Afternoon In Via Montenapoleone http://julianaslair.com/2008/10/25/an-afternoon-in-via-montenapoleone/ http://julianaslair.com/2008/10/25/an-afternoon-in-via-montenapoleone/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:33:22 +0000 J http://julianaslair.com/?p=1026 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 . . . → Read More: An Afternoon In Via Montenapoleone]]> http://julianaslair.com/2008/10/25/an-afternoon-in-via-montenapoleone/feed/ 0 The Vittorio Emanuele Galleria http://julianaslair.com/2008/10/22/the-vittorio-emanuele-galleria/ http://julianaslair.com/2008/10/22/the-vittorio-emanuele-galleria/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:52:28 +0000 J http://julianaslair.com/?p=989 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 . . . → Read More: The Vittorio Emanuele Galleria]]> http://julianaslair.com/2008/10/22/the-vittorio-emanuele-galleria/feed/ 0 The Last Leg http://julianaslair.com/2008/10/20/the-last-leg/ http://julianaslair.com/2008/10/20/the-last-leg/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:54:56 +0000 J http://julianaslair.com/?p=983 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 . . . → Read More: The Last Leg]]> http://julianaslair.com/2008/10/20/the-last-leg/feed/ 0