Milan's language
September 11th 2007 11:38
After my friend told me that story, I found it hard not to imagine him out there at night. Skating over the ice, I listened to the whistling of the wind in my ears and thought of him and how he sat and waited for dawn to come. I asked my friend why he didn’t just get out and walk across the ice but she said that in the dark, anything beyond his own boat had become dangerous and unknown. It was safer for him to stay in the boat and endure the darkness than get up and out and take that risk.
Funny. We row away from home, from one type of security, only to get stuck in another version of safety. Another version of that which we strove to escape from.
In Milan, the Gallery Vittoria Emanuele II is an eyeful of Italian architecture and wondrous glass and light. It is here that you will find Milanese side by side with tourists. The air is spinning with Italian and their gestures which are just as part of their language as soccer is a part of their culture. If you love watching people, watch them here and fill notebooks with your observations because there is an unceasing array of characters that will stroll past you and you can easily spend an afternoon in one spot without feeling the trickle of time.
The areas of high end luxury items would include Via della Spiga and Via Monte Napoleone and good for a nosey around. For a visit to the art galleries and to watch artists in their domain, flourishing brushes and paints with the best of them, avoid the Brera district at night. Try and go early/late afternoon to get a good sense of this area’s energy before it gets pushed out by tourists and general traffic.
Funny. We row away from home, from one type of security, only to get stuck in another version of safety. Another version of that which we strove to escape from.
In Milan, the Gallery Vittoria Emanuele II is an eyeful of Italian architecture and wondrous glass and light. It is here that you will find Milanese side by side with tourists. The air is spinning with Italian and their gestures which are just as part of their language as soccer is a part of their culture. If you love watching people, watch them here and fill notebooks with your observations because there is an unceasing array of characters that will stroll past you and you can easily spend an afternoon in one spot without feeling the trickle of time.
The areas of high end luxury items would include Via della Spiga and Via Monte Napoleone and good for a nosey around. For a visit to the art galleries and to watch artists in their domain, flourishing brushes and paints with the best of them, avoid the Brera district at night. Try and go early/late afternoon to get a good sense of this area’s energy before it gets pushed out by tourists and general traffic.
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