DOVE COME QUANDO

Welcome to my new blog, where you can find information on my travels, photos and notes. I created this for those of you who so many times asked information on where, how and when. My plan is to give you the best of "My Worldly Travels". Please check regularly for updates, photos, links and other information.

Right now I am in Milano, and it is freezing cold, but I am enjoying the scenery and the zillions of people doing their holiday shopping.

Milano, the Powerhouse of Italy

Milano is the biggest city of North Italy. The powerhouse of the country and one of the most stylish cities of the planet. If you love shopping in style, it is a must! But it is also a city with many important museums and wonderful monuments. You can see the Castello Sforzesco the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (which displays Leonardo’s Last Supper) the Brera Museum (Madonna and Child and Pieta by Bellini) and many other museums monuments and churches.

Then, you have the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a covered and elegant gallery with restaurants and bookstores. If you enter it from Piazza del Duomo, you'll exit in Piazza della Scala where the world known Teatro alla Scala appears. This is the centre of lyric opera and it is not difficult to meet here important artists like Riccardo Muti, who is the conductor of the local orchestra.

Moreover, Milano is a lively city, with several pubs, discos and nightclubs. Being a fashion capital too, you might run into a top model or designer. I saw my favorite perfume designer's boutique Mariella Burani. But, the best chances are in the area around Brera (the artist zone) or the Navigli area. And if you have money to spend, just make a visit in via Montenapoleone and via della Spiga where you’ll find boutiques by Gucci, Ferragamo, Valentino, Armani, Ferre, Fendi and others. Look for other famous designer labels and items such as shoes, camelhair blankets and leather goods.

Near Milan are two must-sees (both can be visited in a day trip): the Carthusian Monastery at Pavia and the 12th-century Chiaravalle Abbey (founded by St. Bernard of Cistercian). Two hours outside of Milan in Pessione is the museum of the history of wine making which has a fine collection of wine-making equipment Imperial glass receptacles and Etruscan and Apuleian ceramics.

For more information on Milano you can go to the following link:
http://milan.arounder.com/fullscreen.html